Transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of tinnitus: 4-year follow-up in treatment responders - A retrospective analysis

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 222-227

  Burger, Julia ^a   Frank, Elmar ^a   Kreuzer, Peter ^a   Kleinjung, Tobias ^a   Vielsmeier, Veronika ^a   Landgrebe, Michael ^a   Hajak, Goeran ^a   Langguth, Berthold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

chronic tinnitus; long term effects; predictor; repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL CORTEX; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 80054975657     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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