title: Electroconvulsive Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of the Brain.
abstract: A depressed woman with multiple sclerosis was successfully treated with electroconvulsive therapy without any adverse effects to her neurologic status. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain was performed before and after the course of therapy and revealed no change in the white matter lesions visualized on spin-echo images.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine (Neurology), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: C. Edward
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Coffey
authors.forename: Richard D.
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Weiner
authors.forename: W. Vaughn
authors.initials: WV
authors.lastname: McCall
authors.forename: E. Ralph
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Heinz