Microstructural Abnormalities in Children with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study at 3.0T

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lei, Du ^a   Li, Lingjiang ^b   Li, Lei ^a   Suo, Xueling ^a   Huang, Xiaoqi ^a   Lui, Su ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Bi, Feng ^a   Kemp, Graham J ^c   Gong, Qiyong ^a,d  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84924649652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08933     Document Type: Article

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