title: Response to the letter to the editor by L.A. Avila.
authors: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Clinical Center, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA Outpatient Clinic of Behavior Therapy, Department of Psychology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Department of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany Department of Neurology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
authors: Luana
authors: L
authors: Colloca
authors: Regine
authors: R
authors: Klinger
authors: Herta
authors: H
authors: Flor
authors: Ulrike
authors: U
authors: Bingel
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009446:Neurobiology; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015990:Placebo Effect
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