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Unexpected placebo response in premenstrual dysphoric disorder: implication of endogenous opioids

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  1. Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience and Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Endocrinology, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85060, 3508 AB, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Jan M. Van Ree, Jules H. Schagen Van Leeuwen, Hans P. Koppeschaar & Egbert R. Te Velde

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Van Ree, J.M., Schagen Van Leeuwen, J.H., Koppeschaar, H.P. et al. Unexpected placebo response in premenstrual dysphoric disorder: implication of endogenous opioids. Psychopharmacology 182, 318–319 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-005-0090-8

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