Meta-review of metanalytic studies with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for the treatment of Major Depression

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages 167-177

  Dell'Osso, Bernardo ^a   Camuri, Giulia ^a   Castellano, Filippo ^a   Vecchi, Vittoria ^a   Benedetti, Matteo ^a   Bortolussi, Sara ^a   Altamura, A Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Major depression (MD); Meta analyses; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS); Treatment resistant depression (TRD)

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PARAMETERS; PATIENT SAFETY; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSION;

EID: 84859914671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17450179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1745017901107010167     Document Type: Review

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