Table 1.

Clinical and demographic characteristics.

CHARACTERISTICS
Number of patients	6
Age	48 ± 11 (mean ± S.D)
Gender (male/female)	2/4
Diagnosis: bipolar depression	2
Unipolar depression	4
Antidepressant medications** (imipramine-equivalent dose)	294 ± 161 (mg/day)
Number of acute ECT	14 ± 5
Number of continuation ECT	15 ± 9
Number of maintenance rTMS	54 ± 11
Baseline score of QIDS-SR (start of ECT)	17 ± 3
Midterm score of QIDS-SR (start of rTMS)	8 ± 6
Ongoing score of QIDS-SR (last rTMS)	8 ± 4

**During the maintenance rTMS period.