Is rTMS a therapeutic option in chronic pain syndrome? Insights from the treatment of fibromyalgia

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¹ Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Est Créteil, Service de Physiologie, Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris, 51 Avenue du Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010 Créteil, France.

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Jean-Pascal Lefaucheur. Pain. 2011 Jul.

. 2011 Jul;152(7):1447-1448.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.03.004. Epub 2011 Mar 29.

¹ Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Est Créteil, Service de Physiologie, Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris, 51 Avenue du Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010 Créteil, France.

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Long-term maintenance of the analgesic effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation in fibromyalgia.
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