Left temporal low-frequency rTMS for the treatment of tinnitus: Clinical predictors of treatment outcome-a retrospective study

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 951-956

  Frank, G ^a   Kleinjung, T ^a   Landgrebe, M ^a   Vielsmeier, V ^a   Steffenhagen, C ^a   Burger, J ^a   Frank, E ^a   Vollberg, G ^a   Hajak, G ^a   Langguth, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

chronic tinnitus; inhibition; predictors; repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL BONE; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953822087     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.02956.x     Document Type: Article

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