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Safety and efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: A review

Nematollah JaafariUnité de recherche clinique intersectorielle en psychiatrie, Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit, INSERM CIC-P 0802, CHU et faculté de médecine de Poitiers, Poitiers, France; INSERM CIC U 802, CHU et Université de médecine et de pharmacie, 86000 Poitiers, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Fady RachidUnité de recherche clinique intersectorielle en psychiatrie, Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit, INSERM CIC-P 0802, CHU et faculté de médecine de Poitiers, Poitiers, France;Psychiatrist, Private practice, Place de la Fusterie 7, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland
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Jean-Yves RotgeUnité de recherche clinique intersectorielle en psychiatrie, Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit, INSERM CIC-P 0802, CHU et faculté de médecine de Poitiers, Poitiers, France;Equipe AVENIR INSERM Psychobiologie des désordres compulsifs, institut de Physiologie et de Biologie cellulaire, UMR CNRS 6187 & Université de Poitiers. 40 Avenue du recteur Pineau. 86022 Poitiers Cedex
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Mircea PolosanUniversité Joseph Fourier, Brain function and Neuromodulation-Team 11/INSERM U836/Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience/38700 GRENOBLE; Psychiatry & Neurology Department/CHU Grenoble/38042 GRENOBLE
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Wissam El-Hage Inserm U930 ERL CNRS 3106, Université François Rabelais & CHRU de Tours, France
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David BelinEquipe AVENIR INSERM Psychobiologie des désordres compulsifs, institut de Physiologie et de Biologie cellulaire, UMR CNRS 6187 & Université de Poitiers. 40 Avenue du recteur Pineau. 86022 Poitiers Cedex
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Nicolas VibertCentre de Recherches sur la Cognition et l'Apprentissage, CNRS UMR 6234 – Université de Poitiers – Université François Rabelais, Tours, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société, Poitiers, France
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Antoine PelissoloService de Psychiatrie Adulte, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpétriére, AP-HP, UPMC et CNRS USR 3246 Paris, France
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Pages 164-177 | Received 16 Aug 2010, Accepted 16 Mar 2011, Published online: 30 May 2011

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