Treatment of chronic visceral pain with brain stimulation [1]

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 971-972

  Fregni, Felipe ^a   DaSilva, Debora ^a   Potvin, Kimberly ^a   Ramos Estebanez, Ciro ^a   Cohen, Daniel ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a   Freedman, Steven D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROIMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 28544442813     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20651     Document Type: Letter

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