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Nov 2024
20m 49s

The Placebo Effect

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY
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Dr. Gregg Day talks with Dr. Kathryn T. Hall about the complexities of the placebo effect, its variability among patients, and the genetic factors that influence responses to placebo treatments. 

Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.

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