Response to letter: Nocebo and placebo effects may not be separate in acupuncture

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1375-1376

  Koog, Yun Hyung ^a   Lee, Jin Su ^a   Wi, Hyungsun ^a  

^a Medifarm Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; LETTER; NOCEBO EFFECT; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84922480711     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.08.005     Document Type: Letter

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