Magnetic resonance imaging study of hippocampal volume in chronic, combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1091-1099

  Gurvits, Tamara V ^a,d,e   Shenton, Martha E ^b,d   Hokama, Hiroto ^b,d   Ohta, Hirokazu ^b,d   Lasko, Natasha B ^a   Gilbertson, Mark W ^a,d   Orr, Scott P ^a,d   Kikinis, Ron ^c,d   Jolesz, Ferenc A ^c,d   McCarley, Robert W ^b,d   Pitman, Roger K ^a,d  

^a Manchester VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e VA Research Service   (United States)

Author keywords

hippocampus; magnetic resonance imaging; posttraumatic; stress disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; WAR;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBAT DISORDERS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0030560641     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00229-6     Document Type: Article

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