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Immune changes induced by electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
B Fischler1, R Bocken, I Schneider
1Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital (A.Z.-V.U.B.), Free University of Brussels, Medical School, Belgium.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
|April 15, 1992
There is a significant increase in the percentage and absolute number of activated lymphocytes (OKT10+, IL2R1+) after ECT treatment of major depressive disorder. There is an acute decrease in the absolute number of total lymphocytes, T8+ and Leu11+ cells one hour after a single ECT.
There is a significant increase in the percentage and absolute number of activated lymphocytes (OKT10+, IL2R1+) after ECT treatment of major depressive disorder. There is an acute decrease in the absolute number of total lymphocytes, T8+ and Leu11+ cells one hour after a single ECT.