Patients who develop epilepsy during extended treatment with electroconvulsive therapy
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Patients who develop epilepsy during extended treatment with electroconvulsive therapy
Epidemiologic data indicate that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) does not precipitate epilepsy. However, when an ECT patient develops this condition, one is faced with the question as to whether ECT caused it and whether ECT can be safely continued. We describe four patients, two of whom developed definite epilepsy and two possible epilepsy during extended courses of ECT. In one of the patients...
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عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.12.002