Risk and safety of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: Report and suggested guidelines from the International Workshop on the Safety of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, June 5-7, 1996

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-16

  Wassermann, Eric M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Magnetics; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEIZURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RISK FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0031930002     PISSN: 01685597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-5597(97)00096-8     Document Type: Article

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