Placebo Response of Non-Pharmacological and Pharmacological Trials in Major Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

André Russowsky Brunoni; Mariana Lopes; Ted J. Kaptchuk; Felipe Fregni

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004824

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Placebo Response of Non-Pharmacological and Pharmacological Trials in Major Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

André Russowsky Brunoni,

Affiliations Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department and Institute of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Mariana Lopes,

Affiliation Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ted J. Kaptchuk,

Affiliation Osher Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Felipe Fregni

* E-mail: ffregni@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliation Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Placebo Response of Non-Pharmacological and Pharmacological Trials in Major Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

André Russowsky Brunoni,
Mariana Lopes,
Ted J. Kaptchuk,
Felipe Fregni

Published: March 18, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004824

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