Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 249-258 , 30 August 2005

Single voxel proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in women with and without intimate partner violence-related posttraumatic stress disorder

  • Soraya Seedat

      Affiliations

    • MRC Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, P.O. Box 19063, Tygerberg, 7505 Cape Town, South Africa
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +27 21 938 9374; fax: +27 21 933 5790.
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  • John S. Videen

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA
    • Department of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA 92161, USA
    • ,
  • Colleen M. Kennedy

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA
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  • Murray B. Stein

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA
    • Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Program, Department of Psychiatry (0985), University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0985, USA

Received 4 November 2004 ,Accepted 4 June 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2005.06.001

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 249-258 , 30 August 2005

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