Transcranial magnetic stimulation for tinnitus: No better than sham treatment?

Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 1624-1625

  Triggs, William J ^a   Hajioff, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84863609925     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318257516a     Document Type: Editorial

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