The physiology and safety of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Magnetic Stimulation in Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 61-81

  Daskalakis, Zafiris J ^a   Chen, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7506-7373-0.50008-0     Document Type: Chapter

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