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Transcranial magnetic stimulation in depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

P. D. Reid
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh
P. M. Shajahan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh
M. F. Glabus
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh
K. P. Ebmeier*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh
*
Professor K. P. Ebmeier, Department of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh and MRC Brain Metabolism Unit, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH10 5HF
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