The clonic phase of seizures in patients treated with electroconvulsive therapy is related to age and stimulus intensity
Background: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is effective in the treatment of major depressive disorder and schizophrenia in patients who are drug-naïve or less-receptive to antipsychotic drugs. Several studies have discussed the correlation between patient characteristics, input current vol...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychiatry |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00166/full |