Hippocampal and amygdalar volumes in dissociative identity disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 630-636

  Vermetten, Eric ^a   Schmahl, Christian ^b   Lindner, Sanneke ^b   Loewenstein, Richard J ^b   Bremner, J Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE PERSONALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; VOLUMETRY; ATROPHY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ATROPHY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 85047695872     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.2006.163.4.630     Document Type: Article

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