A study of the incidence of epilepsy following ECT
Open Access
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 43 (12) , 1098-1102
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.43.12.1098
Abstract
In a group of 166 patients who had received electroconvulsive therapy more than one year previously the prevalence of epilepsy did not differ significantly from that found in the community as a whole. The findings suggest that a kindling process is not a clinical hazard following repeated electrically induced seizures.Keywords
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