Antiepileptic effects of low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: A meta-analysis

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-240

  Hsu, Wan Yu ^a,b   Cheng, Chia Hsiung ^a,b   Lin, Ming Wei ^a,b   Shih, Yang Hsin ^a,b   Liao, Kwong Kum ^a,b   Lin, Yung Yang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic effect; Epilepsy; Low frequency; Meta analysis; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DATA EXTRACTION; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEOCORTICAL EPILEPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOCORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053916937     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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