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NCNP Hospital to Conduct Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) as Advanced Medical Care for Depressive State of Bipolar Disorder Unresponsive to Pharmacotherapy - Clinical Study Begins, Aiming for Insurance Coverage and Regulatory Approval of New Neuromodulation Therapy

Publish: April 22, 2019
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2019/04/22

National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), National Research and Development Agency

The Jikei University Hospital

Keio University Hospital

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Hospital

The hospital of the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP; Kodaira, Tokyo; President: Hidehiro Mizusawa; Director: Kazuyuki Nakagome), in a multi-center collaboration with The Jikei University Hospital, Keio University Hospital, and Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Hospital, will conduct a clinical study using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) as Advanced Medical Care B for patients with a depressive state of bipolar disorder unresponsive to pharmacotherapy.

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