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The aim of this paper is to present a hypothesis to explain why stress, when prolonged for extended periods of time, or in a situation of sudden stress overload, causes a relatively local patho-physiological disease state which varies from individual to individual.
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Lake, K.C. (1984). The Physical Mirror of Stress. In: McGuigan, F.J., Sime, W.E., Wallace, J.M. (eds) Stress and Tension Control 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2803-2_33
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