Safety of repeated transcranial direct current stimulation in impaired skin a case report

Journal of ECT

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-148

  Shiozawa, Pedro ^a   Da Silva, Mailu Enokibara ^a   Raza, Rosamaria ^a   Uchida, Ricardo Riyoiti ^a   Cordeiro, Quirino ^a   Fregni, Felipe ^b   Brunoni, Andre Russowsky ^a,c  

^a FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Schizophrenia; Transcranial direct cranial stimulation (tDCS); Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BURN; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD; DEPIGMENTATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; SAFETY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VITILIGO;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; HUMANS; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKIN; VITILIGO;

EID: 84880133964     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e318279c1a1     Document Type: Article

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