Normalization of Augmented TRH Stimulation Test in Response to ECT.
A 78-year-old woman with a major depression and subclinical hypothyroidism was successfully treated with ECT. Her abnormally augmented pretreatment thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) stimulation test normalized. We discuss the interaction of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and the thyroid axis.
Kellner
Charles H.
CH
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Grice
Dorothy E.
DE
Pickrel
Susan G.
SG
Anton
Raymond F.
RF
Joffe
Russell T.
RT