Low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex in writer's cramp

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 529-537

  Siebner, Hartwig Roman ^d   Tormos, J M ^a,b   Ceballos Baumann, A O ^e   Auer, C ^e   Catala, M D ^a,b   Conrad, B ^e   Pascual Leone, A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WRITING;

EID: 0033021882     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.3.529     Document Type: Article

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