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Ismail Rammouz1,2, Omar El Oumary1, Rachid Aalouane2,3

  • 1Clinical Neuroscience NICE Team, Laboratory REGNE. Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco.

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice
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Low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) effectively reduced cigarette consumption in a patient with a history of depression and OCD. The patient achieved tobacco cessation within a month, demonstrating rTMS as a potential aid for smoking cessation.

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