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Is the Placebo Powerless?

Asbjørn Hróbjartsson, Peter C Gøtzsche · New England Journal of Medicine · 2001

DOI 10.1056/nejm200105243442106

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  • Standingclear
    • No retraction on record (OpenAlex metadata as of 2026-07-03).
  • Designreview or synthesis
    • Indexed as a review (may be a systematic review or meta-analysis — the methodology read reports what the text states).
  • Executionnot assessed
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  • Corroborationhighly cited
    • Cited by 1509 works (OpenAlex citation count).
  • Provenanceidentified
    • Published in New England Journal of Medicine.
    • Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society.
    • ISSN 0028-4793.
    • The journal is not listed in DOAJ.
    • Open-access status: bronze.
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Is the Placebo Powerless? — Epistry