Treatment of auditory hallucinations with bilateral theta burst stimulation: A randomized controlled pilot trial

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 340-341

  Plewnia, Christian ^a,b   Zwissler, Bastian ^b   Wasserka, Barbara ^b   Fallgatter, Andreas J ^b   Klingberg, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUDITORY EVOKED RESPONSE STIMULATOR; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BILATERAL THETA BURST STIMULATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; BRAIN CORTEX; HALLUCINATIONS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896393303     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2014.01.001     Document Type: Letter

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