Safety and tolerability of theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation in children

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 636-639

  Wu, Steve W ^a,b   Shahana, Nasrin ^a,c   Huddleston, David A ^a   Lewis, Amanda N ^a   Gilbert, Donald L ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THETA BURST TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; SAFETY; THETA RHYTHM; TOURETTE SYNDROME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84862321817     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04300.x     Document Type: Article

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