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Smaller hippocampal volume following sexual assault in women is associated with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Yann QuidéF AnderssonD Dufour-RainfrayC DescriaudB BrizardV GissotH CléryM-P Carrey Le BasS OsterreicherM OgielskaP Saint-MartinW El-Hage
Published in: Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica (2018)
This study indicates that having smaller hippocampal volumes is a risk factor to develop PTSD in females exposed to sexual assault.
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