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rTMS in Headache Prophylaxis: When Case Reports Hide Our Ignorance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Arnaud Fumal ,
Alain Maertens De Noordhout ,
Jean Schoenen ,
John P. O'Reardon ,
Jeisson F. Fontecha  and
Mario A. Cristancho
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CNS Spectrums , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , March 2008 , pp. 185 - 187
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1.O'Reardon, JP, Fontecha, JRCristancho, MA, Newman, S. Unexpected reduction in migraine and psychogenic headaches following rTMS treatment for major depression: a report of two cases. CNS Spectr. 2007;12:921–925.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed