Classification of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder using visual brain evoked P3s to traumatic stimuli

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue JAN., 1996, Pages 110-115

  Attias, Joseph ^a,d   Bleich, Avi ^b   Gilat, Shlomo ^c  

^a Evoked Potentials Laboratory   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Optical Technology and Networking Group Israel   (Israel)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER;

EID: 0029994440     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.168.1.110     Document Type: Article

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