Quantitative electroencephalogram (qEEG) in combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 351-355

  Jokić Begić, Nataša ^a   Begić, Dražen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Alpha rhythm; Beta rhythm; Combat veterans; PTSD; qEEG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BETA RHYTHM; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; SOLDIER; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BETA RHYTHM; COMBAT DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 0242300096     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480310002688     Document Type: Article

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