Short-Term Effect of Single Session Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Chronic Unilateral Tinnitus

Author(s):  
Ho Min Kang ◽  
Moon Suh Park ◽  
Ho Yun Lee ◽  
Sun Kyu Lee ◽  
Jae Yong Byun ◽  
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2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Conca ◽  
W. Hrubos ◽  
J. Di Pauli ◽  
P. König ◽  
A. Hausmann

AbstractResearch on repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) indicates that the treatment of non-psychotic depression is comparable to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in terms of short-term outcome. We report on a woman who exerted a recurrent moderate major depressive episode, 6 months after discontinuation of maintenance ECT. She responded to acute rTMS treatment which was followed by the rTMS maintenance-protocol. Within 2 months of continuation rTMS she relapsed suffering from a severe non psychotic depressive episode and had to be switched to a successful ECT. In this patient rTMS had a good clinical impact as an acute treatment strategy, but failed to prevent relapse as the continuation ECT previously did in the same patient.


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