Temporal lobe epilepsy following maintenance electroconvulsive therapy—Electrical kindling in the human brain?

Summary Maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is sometimes prescribed for refractory psychiatric conditions. We describe five patients who received maintenance ECT and developed florid temporal epileptiform abnormalities on electroencephalography (EEG) despite no history of epilepsy and normal...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Epilepsia (Copenhagen) 2016-11, Vol.57 (11), p.e216-e220
Hauptverfasser:	Bryson, Alexander, Gardner, Helen, Wilson, Ian, Rolfe, Tim, Archer, John
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged, 80 and over Brain - physiopathology Electroconvulsive therapy Electroconvulsive Therapy - methods Electroencephalography Epilepsy Epilepsy - pathology Epilepsy - therapy Female Humans Kindling Kindling, Neurologic - physiology Male Middle Aged
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