Hippocampal volume in women victimized by childhood sexual abuse

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 951-959

  Stein, M B ^a   Koverola, C ^b   Hanna, C ^b   Torchia, M G ^b   McClarty, B ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MEMORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; VICTIM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0030860094     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797005242     Document Type: Article

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