Express arbitrary state in second quantization

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How do I express an arbitrary 2-particle state in second quantization? I could write this
[tex] |\psi\rangle=\sum_{mn}c_{mn} a_m^\dagger a_n^\dagger |0\rangle[/tex]
where [itex]c_{mn}[/itex] is a constant, [itex]a_n^\dagger[/itex] is the creation operator and [itex]|0\rangle[/itex] is the vacuum state. The only problem is that I want to sum over all PAIRS, and when I write the sum like this, all pairs are included twice, which is a mess.
 
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Well, you did not specify the statistics (Bose, Fermi, distinguishable particles?).
 
Then it is enough to take m<n (because of the anticommutation).