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Original Article

Rehabilitation for improved cognition in patients with stress-related exhaustion disorder: RECO – a randomized clinical trial

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Pages 279-291 | Received 17 Oct 2017, Accepted 31 Mar 2018, Published online: 25 Apr 2018

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