Efficacy of different protocols of transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of tinnitus: Pooled analysis of two randomized controlled studies

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 276-285

  Langguth, B ^a   Landgrebe, M ^a   Frank, E ^a   Schecklmann, M ^a   Sand, P G ^a   Vielsmeier, V ^a   Hajak, G ^a   Kleinjung, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Neuropsychiatry; PET; Randomized clinical trial; Tinnitus; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; AUDITORY CORTEX; DEVICES; FRONTAL LOBE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

PLACEBO;

ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAVIGATION; PLACEBOS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900791761     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15622975.2012.708438     Document Type: Article

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