Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of restless legs syndrome

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 128, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 1728-1731

  Lin, Yi Cong ^a,b   Feng, Yang ^c   Zhan, Shu Qin ^a,b   Li, Ning ^a,b   Ding, Yan ^a,b   Hou, Yue ^a,b   Wang, Li ^a,b   Lin, Hua ^a,b   Sun, Ying ^a,b   Huang, Zhao Yang ^a,b   Xue, Qing ^a,b   Wang, Yu Ping ^a,b,d  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Key Laboratory of Neuromodulation   (China)

^c HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Restless legs syndrome; Sleep; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME RATING SCALE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES;

AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84933565338     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.159344     Document Type: Article

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