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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: A Novel, Noninvasive Add-on Treatment for Medication-Resistant Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2006

Tung-Ping Su  and
Chih-Chia Huang
Tung-Ping Su
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Email:tpsu@vghtpe.gov.tw
Chih-Chia Huang
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Keywords

transcranial magnetic stimulationprefrontal cortexdepression.
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Progress in Neurotherapeutics and Neuropsychopharmacology , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , March 2007 , pp. 155 - 172
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