Pituitary volumes in pediatric maltreatment-related posttraumatic stress disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 752-758

  Thomas, Lisa A ^a   De Bellis, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Developmental traumatology; Neurodevelopment; Pediatric anxiety disorders; Pituitary volumes; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 1642365626     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2003.11.021     Document Type: Article

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