Low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for seizure suppression in patients with extratemporal lobe epilepsy - A pilot study

Seizure

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 387-392

  Kinoshita, Masako ^a   Ikeda, Akio ^a   Begum, Tahamina ^a   Yamamoto, Junichi ^a   Hitomi, Takefumi ^a   Shibasaki, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TAKEDA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extratemporal lobe epilepsy; Low frequency rTMS; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; EXTRATEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PILOT PROJECTS; SEIZURES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 23944484673     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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