Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation not beneficial in severe choreiform movements of huntington disease

Journal of ECT

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Shukla, Aniket ^a   Jayarajan, Rajan Nishanth ^a   Muralidharan, Kesavan ^a   Jain, Sanjeev ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Huntington; Magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; CARBAMAZEPINE; LITHIUM; TETRABENAZINE; VALPROIC ACID;

APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSKINESIA; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MOOD DISORDER; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; RISK REDUCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CHOREA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84880133040     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3182711dfc     Document Type: Article

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