Childhood trauma in multiple sclerosis: A case-control study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 312-318

  Spitzer, Carsten ^a   Bouchain, Miriam ^a   Winkler, Liza Y ^a   Wingenfeld, Katja ^a,b   Gold, Stefan M ^a   Grabe, Hans Joergen ^c   Barnow, Sven ^d   Otte, Christian ^b   Heesen, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

case control study; childhood trauma; multiple sclerosis; neurobiological alterations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGE OF ONSET; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859720890     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31824c2013     Document Type: Article

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