Short Communication Open Access
Volume 2 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/Psychiatry.2.023
Implementation of rTMS in the treatment of depression in Denmark
Poul Erik Buchholtz1,*
- 1Department of Affective Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Corresponding Author
Poul Erik Buchholtz, poulhans@rm.dk
Received Date: January 10, 2022
Accepted Date: February 08, 2022
Buchholtz PE. Implementation of rTMS in the treatment of depression in Denmark. Curr Res Psychiatry. 2022;2(1):6-11.
Copyright: © 2022 Buchholtz PE. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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