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Blinding indices and blinding scenarios of practitioners and patients with acupuncture needles for double blinding
Nobuari Takakura1,2, Miho Takayama1,2, Masako Nishiwaki1
1Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
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