Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 3 , Pages 217-223 , 15 December 2007

Frontal and occipital perfusion changes in dissociative identity disorder

  • Vedat Sar

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Psychotherapy Unit and Dissociative Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty of Istanbul, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Istanbul Tip Fakültesi Psikiyatri Klinigi 34390 Capa Istanbul, Turkey. Tel.: +90 212 236 02 14; fax: +90 212 261 70 04.
    • ,
  • Seher N. Unal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Faculty of Istanbul, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
    • ,
  • Erdinc Ozturk

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Psychotherapy Unit and Dissociative Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty of Istanbul, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 16 April 2006 ,Revised 14 December 2006 ,Accepted 26 December 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.12.017

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 3 , Pages 217-223 , 15 December 2007

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