Monitoring the response to rTMS in depression with visual analog scales

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 349-352

  Grunhaus, Leon ^a   Dolberg, Ornah T ^a   Polak, Dana ^a   Dannon, Pinhas N ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Major depression; rTMS; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Visual analog scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036798511     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.418     Document Type: Article

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