Autobiographic memory impairment following acute cortisol administration

@article{Buss2004AutobiographicMI,
  title={Autobiographic memory impairment following acute cortisol administration},
  author={Claudia Buss and Oliver Tobias Wolf and Joern Witt and Dirk H. Hellhammer},
  journal={Psychoneuroendocrinology},
  year={2004},
  volume={29},
  pages={1093-1096}
}
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