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Editorial
. 2023 Mar-Apr;16(2):564-566.
doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2023.02.012. Epub 2023 Mar 2.

European reclassification of non-invasive brain stimulation as class III medical devices: A call to action

Chris Baeken  1 , Martijn Arns  2 , Jerome Brunelin  3 , Lorena Chanes  4 , Igor Filipcic  5 , Ana Ganho-Ávila  6 , Marco Hirnstein  7 , Fady Rachid  8 , Alexander T Sack  9 , Jacinta O'shea  10 , Giordano D'urso  11 , Andrea Antal  12
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Editorial

European reclassification of non-invasive brain stimulation as class III medical devices: A call to action

Chris Baeken et al. Brain Stimul. 2023 Mar-Apr.
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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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