Hippocampal volume deficits associated with exposure to psychological trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in adults: A meta-analysis

@article{Woon2010HippocampalVD,
  title={Hippocampal volume deficits associated with exposure to psychological trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in adults: A meta-analysis},
  author={Fu Lye M Woon and Shabnam Sood and Dawson W. Hedges},
  journal={Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry},
  year={2010},
  volume={34},
  pages={1181-1188}
}
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