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Editorial
. 2007 Apr;128(3):193-194.
doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.01.005. Epub 2007 Feb 9.

What do you expect from this treatment? Changing our mind about clinical trials

Fabrizio Benedetti  1
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Editorial

What do you expect from this treatment? Changing our mind about clinical trials

Fabrizio Benedetti. Pain. 2007 Apr.
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