Meta-analysis of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of auditory verbal hallucinations: Update and effects after one month

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 142, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 40-45

  Slotema, C W ^a   Aleman, A ^b   Daskalakis, Z J ^c   Sommer, I E ^d  

^a PARNASSIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Auditory verbal hallucinations; Meta analysis; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; AUDITORY VERBAL HALLUCINATION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; FOLLOW UP; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TEMPORAL LOBE; THERAPY EFFECT; TIC; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

BRAIN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869871808     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.08.025     Document Type: Article

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