Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 2 , Pages 139-149 , 15 November 2007

Size abnormalities of the superior parietal cortices are related to dissociation in borderline personality disorder

  • Eva Irle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Göttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 5, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 551 398950; fax: +49 551 3912712.
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  • Claudia Lange

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Göttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 5, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Godehard Weniger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Göttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 5, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Ulrich Sachsse

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Göttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 5, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany
    • Psychiatric State Hospital of Lower Saxony, Göttingen, Germany

Received 20 June 2006 ,Revised 16 January 2007 ,Accepted 28 January 2007.

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Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 2 , Pages 139-149 , 15 November 2007

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