Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation as add-on antidepressant treatment. The applicability of the method in a clinical setting

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 455-457

  Hansen, Poul Erik Buchholtz ^a   Videbech, Poul ^a   Clemmensen, Karin ^a   Sturlason, Runa ^a   Jensen, Hans Mørch ^a   Vestergaard, Per ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atidepressant effect; Clinical applicability; Depression; Randomized trials; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; SKULL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 10444227281     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480410011678     Document Type: Article

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