Neurologic soft signs in chronic posttraumatic stress disorder

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-186

  Gurvits, Tamara V ^a,b   Gilbertson, Mark W ^a,b   Lasko, Natasha B ^a,b   Tarhan, Alexandra S ^c   Simeon, Daphne ^d   Macklin, Michael L ^a,b   Orr, Scott P ^a,b   Pitman, Roger K ^a,b  

^a Manchester VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Bekhterev St Petersburg Psychoneurological Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOLDIER;

EID: 0033959372     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.57.2.181     Document Type: Article

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