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MeSH Heading: Electroshock
Tree Number(s): E05.723.402.403; F04.669.224
Unique ID: D004597
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004597
Annotation: exper shock by electricity, usually in psychol exper: do not confuse with ELECTRIC INJURIES or ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; entry term ELECTROCONVULSIVE SHOCK: do not coord with CONVULSIONS; electrocountershock = ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK
Scope Note: Induction of a stress reaction in experimental subjects by means of an electrical shock; applies to either convulsive or non-convulsive states.
Entry Term(s): Electroconvulsive Shock
NLM Classification #: WM 25
Public MeSH Note: 68; ELECTROCONVULSIVE SHOCK was heading 1966-67
Online Note: search ELECTROCONVULSIVE SHOCK under SHOCK THERAPY, ELECTRIC 1966-67
History Note: 68(64); ELECTROCONVULSIVE SHOCK was heading 1966-67
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/29

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