Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for chronic pain: Time to evolve from exploration to confirmation?

Pain

Volumn 152, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2451-2452

  O'Connell, Neil E ^a   Wand, Benedict M ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOTE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 80055012784     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.06.004     Document Type: Editorial

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