Antidepressant effect of 58 sessions of rTMS in a pregnant woman with recurrent major depressive disorder: A case report

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-71

  Tan, Oguz ^a   Tarhan, Nevzat ^a   Coban, Adnan ^a   Baripoglu, Semra Kaya ^a   Guducu, Funda ^a   Izgi, Hasan Basri ^a   Hizli, Gokben ^a   Ates, Oznur ^a   Bulut, Huseyin ^a  

^a Memory Center Neuropsychiatry Clinic   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PREGNANT WOMAN; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45849133368     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/pcc.v10n0113a     Document Type: Letter

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