Therapeutic Efficacy of Right Prefrontal Slow Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Major Depression
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Therapeutic efficacy of right prefrontal slow repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in major depression: a double-blind controlled study.
BACKGROUND Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a noninvasive technique for stimulation of the brain, has recently been suggested to be effective for the treatment of major depression. We conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled study to assess the efficacy of slow repetitive TMS (rTMS) in patients with major depression. METHODS Seventy patients with major depression (53 women, 17 men...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of General Psychiatry
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0003-990X
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.56.4.315