Transcendental meditation may prevent partial epilepsy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1462-1463

  Fehr, Theo G ^a  

^a IPPM Institute of Personality Psychology and Meditation   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; MEDITATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; RELAXATION THERAPY;

EID: 33748975342     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.06.008     Document Type: Letter

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