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Query: UMLS:C0013911 (
emaciation
)
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The successful use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for a patient in
catatonic stupor
with joint contracture is reported. A 53-year-old woman, who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, developed a
catatonic stupor
unresponsive to neuroleptics. Physical
emaciation
gradually developed under food refusal and poor nutrition. Joint contracture of her extremities resulted from the long period of being bedridden in the same posture. In this case, modified ECT was dramatically effective for
catatonic stupor
without any complication despite the joint contracture.
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PMID:Electroconvulsive therapy for a schizophrenic patient in catatonic stupor with joint contracture. 852 67
