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. 2017 Mar;158(3):535.
doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000793.

Are placebo pills presented as experimental treatment a true placebo?

Tiago A Mestre  1 , Joaquim J Ferreira  2
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Are placebo pills presented as experimental treatment a true placebo?

Tiago A Mestre et al. Pain. 2017 Mar.
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