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Plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor level may contribute to the therapeutic response to eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing in complex post-traumatic stress disorder: a pilot study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Seon-Cheol Park
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Yong Chon Park*
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Min-Soo Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
Hun Soo Chang
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

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