Effect of prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A preliminary study

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 867-869

  Greenberg, Benjamin D ^a   George, Mark S ^b   Martin, Juliet D ^b   Benjamin, Jonathan ^b   Schlaepfer, Thomas E ^b   Altemus, Margaret ^b   Wassermann, Eric M ^b   Post, Robert M ^b   Murphy, Dennis L ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0030942685     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.6.867     Document Type: Article

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