Short and long term effects of left and bilateral repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in schizophrenia patients with auditory verbal hallucinations: A randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Bais, Leonie ^a,b   Vercammen, Ans ^c   Stewart, Roy ^a   Van Es, Frank ^a   Visser, Bert ^a   Aleman, André ^a,d   Knegtering, Henderikus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Lentis Psychiatric Institute   (Netherlands)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION RATING SCALE; AUDITORY VERBAL HALLUCINATION; BILATERAL REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT SIDED REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT; SHAM PROCEDURE; TEMPORO PARIETAL JUNCTION; THERAPY EFFECT; TIME TO TREATMENT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; HALLUCINATION; SAFETY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SAFETY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84908208930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108828     Document Type: Article

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