BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 46-49 , January 2011

Intensive high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment in an electroconvulsive shock therapy-resistant bipolar I patient with mixed episode

  • Dieter Zeeuws

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, UZBrussel, Belgium
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  • Kim De Rycker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, UZBrussel, Belgium
    • ,
  • Rudi De Raedt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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  • Matthieu De Beyne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, UZBrussel, Belgium
    • ,
  • Chris Baeken

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, UZBrussel, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Chris Baeken, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital (UZBrussel), Free University of Brussels (VUB), Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.
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  • Nathalie Vanderbruggen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, UZBrussel, Belgium

Received 23 September 2009 ,Revised 14 December 2009 ,Accepted 13 January 2010.

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PII: S1935-861X(10)00019-7

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2010.03.001

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 46-49 , January 2011

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