Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation modulates blepharospasm: A randomized controlled study

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1465-1471

  Kranz, G ^a,b   Shamim, E A ^a,c   Lin, P T ^a,d   Kranz, G S ^b   Hallett, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BIOPHYSICS; BLINKING; CINGULATE GYRUS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

AGED; BIOPHYSICS; BLEPHAROSPASM; BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049488974     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181f8814d     Document Type: Article

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