Cavum septum pellucidum in monozygotic twins discordant for combat exposure: Relationship to posttraumatic stress disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 656-658

  May, Flavia S ^a   Chen, Q Cece ^b   Gilbertson, Mark W ^d,f   Shenton, Martha E ^a,c,f   Pitman, Roger K ^e,f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Manchester VA Medical Center   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Monozygotic; Posttraumatic; Septum pellucidum; Stress disorders; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STRESS; TWIN DISCORDANCE; VIET NAM; WAR;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMBAT DISORDERS; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 1542285867     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2003.09.018     Document Type: Article

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