Amnesia for Traumatic Events among Recent Survivors: A Pilot Study

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Yovell, Yoram ^a,b   Bannett, Yair ^b   Shalev, Arieh Y ^b,c  

^a Columbia Univ Coll of Phys/Surgs ^*  (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROBIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; RECALL; STRESS;

EID: 1842610508     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1092852900008865     Document Type: Article

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