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ReviewCureus2018

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a Therapeutic Option for Neurologic and Psychiatric Illnesses.

Sara Habib, Umair Hamid, Ayesha Jamil, Aariz Z Zainab, Tooba Yousuf, Sana Habib, Syed Maaz Tariq, Faryal Ali

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Review in Cureus, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Sara HabibNeurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA.
Umair HamidInternal Medicine, The Indus Hospital, Lahore, PAK.
Ayesha JamilInternal Medicine, Fatima Jinnah Medical University, Lahore, PAK.
Aariz Z ZainabRadiology, Mayo Hospital King Edward Medical College, Lahore, PAK.
Tooba YousufFamily Medicine, Civil Hospital Karachi, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.
Sana HabibInternal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.
Syed Maaz TariqInternal Medicine, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, PAK.
Faryal AliInternal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, transcranial magnetic stimulation has become an area of interest in the field of neurosciences due to its ability to non-invasively induce sufficient electric current to depolarize superficial axons and networks in the cortex and can be used to explore brain functioning. Evidence shows that transcranial magnetic stimulation could be used as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool for various neurological and psychiatric illnesses. The aim of this review is to introduce the basics of this technology to the readers and to bring together an overview of some of its clinical applications investigated thus far.

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electromagneticelectrophysiologystimulationtranscranial

Identifiers

PMID30564535
PMCPMC6298622

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