Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 2 , Pages 191-198 , 28 February 2007

Smaller right hippocampus in war veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

  • Ladislav Pavić

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, University Hospital Dubrava, Avenija Gojka Šuška 6, Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Rudolf Gregurek

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Psychological Medicine, Medical School of the University of Zagreb, Kispaticeva 12, Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Marko Radoš

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, Medical School of the University of Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Boris Brkljačić

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, University Hospital Dubrava, Avenija Gojka Šuška 6, Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Lovorka Brajković

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Psychological Medicine, Medical School of the University of Zagreb, Kispaticeva 12, Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Ivana Šimetin-Pavić

      Affiliations

    • Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Rockefellerova 7, Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Gordana Ivanac

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, University Hospital Dubrava, Avenija Gojka Šuška 6, Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Goran Pavliša

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, Medical School of the University of Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Vladimir Kalousek

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, University Hospital “Sisters of Mercy”, Vinogradska ul. 3, Zagreb, Croatia

Received 17 January 2006 ,Revised 14 June 2006 ,Accepted 27 August 2006.

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PII: S0925-4927(06)00129-6

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.08.005

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 2 , Pages 191-198 , 28 February 2007

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