Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation as an augmentative strategy for treatment-resistant depression, a meta-analysis of randomized, double-blind and sham-controlled study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Bangshan ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Li, Lingjiang ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN KANGNING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Depression; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Treatment resistant

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMISSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHAM PROCEDURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, TREATMENT-RESISTANT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ODDS RATIO; PROCEDURES; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, TREATMENT-RESISTANT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETREATMENT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84924155252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-014-0342-4     Document Type: Article

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