Pain treatment using tDCS in a single patient: Tele-medicine approach in non-invasive brain simulation

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 334-335

  Pérez Borrego, Yolanda A ^a   Campolo, Michela ^a   Soto León, Vanesa ^a   Rodriguez Matas, María Jesús ^b   Ortega, Enrique ^c   Oliviero, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE PARAPLÉJICOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; PARACETAMOL; PREGABALIN;

ADULT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DEPTH ELECTRODE; FASCIITIS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MACROPHAGIC MYOFASCIITIS; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MYALGIA; NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; TELEMEDICINE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANALGESIA; BRAIN; MYOSITIS; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN; FASCIITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; TELEMEDICINE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896398787     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2013.11.008     Document Type: Letter

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