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. 2017 Mar;158(3):535-536.
doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000794.

Placebo and chronic low back pain: too much in way of expectations, too little in terms of data

Alain Braillon  1
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Placebo and chronic low back pain: too much in way of expectations, too little in terms of data

Alain Braillon. Pain. 2017 Mar.
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    Carvalho C, Kirsch I, Kaptchuk TJ. Carvalho C, et al. Pain. 2017 Mar;158(3):536-537. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000795. Pain. 2017. PMID: 28187105 No abstract available.

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