ECT for the treatment of Huntington's disease: a case study.

Autor: Beale MD; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA., Kellner CH, Gurecki P, Pritchett JT
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Convulsive therapy [Convuls Ther] 1997 Jun; Vol. 13 (2), pp. 108-12.
Abstrakt: We report a 56-year-old man with Huntington's disease whose chorea substantially improved after treatment with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). ECT should be considered for medically refractory cases of movement disorders, especially those with severe disability.
Databáze: MEDLINE