Efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of refractory chronic tinnitus: A randomized, placebo controlled study

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 238-249

  Anders, Martin ^a   Dvorakova, Jana ^a   Rathova, Lucie ^b   Havrankova, Petra ^a   Pelcova, Petra ^a   Vaneckova, Manuela ^a   Jech, Robert ^b   Holcat, Martin ^b   Seidl, Zdenek ^a   Raboch, Jiri ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chronic refractory tinnitus; Neuronavigation; rTMS; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952384751     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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