Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation versus electroconvulsive therapy for the treatment of major depressive disorder, a randomized controlled clinical trial

Journal of ECT

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 310-314

  Keshtkar, Mitra ^a   Ghanizadeh, Ahmad ^a   Firoozabadi, Ali ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

clinical trial; depression; electroconvulsive therapy; repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SUICIDE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 82455199120     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e318221b31c     Document Type: Article

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