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An open trial of daily left prefrontal cortex repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treating medication-resistant depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

Chih-Chia Huang
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, No. 201, Sec 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, ROC Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Tung-Ping Su*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, No. 201, Sec 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, ROC Division of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Ian-Kai Shan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, No. 201, Sec 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, ROC
Kelly Chang
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, No. 201, Sec 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, ROC
I.-Hua Wei
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
*
*Corresponding author. Email address: tpsu@vghtpe.gov.tw

Abstract

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Type
Letter to the editor
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2004

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