Patients suffering from dementia exhibit depressive symptoms in up to 86 per cent of cases. Syndromes meeting the criteria for major depression are more likely to respond to pharmacological therapy. Increased activity of M A 0 found in demented subjects make the treatment with MAO-inhibitors an obvi
Electroconvulsive therapy treatment of depression in a patient with adult GM2 gangliosidosis
β Scribed by Dr Perry F. Renshaw; Theodore A. Stern; Charles Welch; Ronald Schouten; Edwin H. Kolodny
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 261 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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