What is the real effect of 1-Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on hallucinations? Controlling for publication bias in neuromodulation trials

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Demeulemeester, Morgane ^a   Amad, Ali ^a,b   Bubrovszky, Maxime ^a,b   Pins, Delphine ^a,c   Thomas, Pierre ^a,b   Jardri, Renaud ^a,b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

EFFECT SIZE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857626051     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.10.010     Document Type: Letter

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