Psychogenic paralysis and recovery after motor cortex transcranial magnetic stimulation

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1501-1504

  Chastan, Nathalie ^a   Parain, Dominique ^a  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Conversion disorder; Motor cortex; Motor paralysis; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PARALYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUADRIPLEGIA; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PARALYSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955005934     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23187     Document Type: Article

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