Therapeutic Efficacy of Right Prefrontal Slow Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Major Depression
Archives of General PsychiatryPublished 1 April 1999
E.A. Klein, Isabella Kreinin, Andrei V. Chistyakov, Danny Koren, Lilly Mecz, Sarah Marmur
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Evidence is provided for the short-term efficacy of slow repetitive TMS in patients with recurrent major depression as compared with electroconvulsive therapy as well as the long-term outcome of this treatment in major depression and possibly other psychiatric disorders.
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This controlled study provides evidence for the short-term efficacy of slow rTMS in patients with recurrent major depression. Additional studies will be necessary to assess the efficacy of rTMS as compared with electroconvulsive therapy as well as the long-term outcome of this treatment in major depression and possibly other psychiatric disorders.
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