Electroconvulsive Therapy in Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Issues of Muscular Relaxation.
The authors describe a depressed patient with osteogenesis imperfecta, osteoporosis, and vertebral compression fractures, who was successfully treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The management during ECT of patients at increased risk of fractures is discussed.
Coffey
C. Edward
CE
Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine (Division of Neurology), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Weiner
Richard D.
RD
Kalayjian
Robert
R
Christison
Caron
C