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Anxiety, coping skills and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in patients with endometriosis 子宫内膜异位症患者的焦虑、应对技能和下丘脑-垂体-肾上腺轴

Journal of reproductive biology and health Pub Date : 2015-06-11 DOI: 10.7243/2054-0841-3-2

Maria Quiñones, R. Urrutia, A. Torres-Reverón, K. Vincent, Idhaliz Flores

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