Treatment of major depression with transcranial direct current stimulation
β Scribed by Felipe Fregni; Paulo S Boggio; Michael A Nitsche; Marco A Marcolin; Sergio P Rigonatti; Alvaro Pascual-Leone
- Book ID
- 110906169
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 74 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1398-5647
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