The effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in the patients with Parkinson's disease

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-37

  Fukudome, Takayasu ^a   Goto, Hirofumi ^a   Izumoto, Hazime ^a   Matsuo, Hidenori ^a   Shibuya, Noritoshi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Motor threshold; Parkinson's disease; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Silent period; UPDRS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; RATING SCALE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036386794     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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