Intranasal oxytocin: Miracle cure after trauma?

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Olff, Miranda ^a,b   Van Zuiden, Mirjam ^a   Koch, Saskia B J ^a   Nawijn, Laura ^a   Frijling, Jessie L ^a   Veltman, Dick J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ARQ PSYCHOTRAUMA EXPERT GROUP   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84977156479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v6.27631     Document Type: Article

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