Efficacy and safety of bilateral continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) for the treatment of chronic tinnitus: Design of a three-armed randomized controlled trial

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Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages 74-

  Arfeller, Carola ^a   Vonthein, Reinhard ^a   Plontke, Stefan K ^a   Plewnia, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY CORTEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS THETA BURST STIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 70350093744     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-10-74     Document Type: Article

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