Treatment of chronic tinnitus with theta burst stimulation: A randomized controlled trial

Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 1628-1634

  Plewnia, C ^a   Vonthein, R ^a,b   Wasserka, B ^a   Arfeller, C ^a   Naumann, A ^a   Schraven, S P ^a   Plontke, S K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MASTOID; NOCICEPTION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; SLEEP DISORDER; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THETA BURST STIMULATION; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84863626244     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182574ef9     Document Type: Article

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