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There are modern trends in medical research, such as molecular biology, molecular genetics and animal experiments. This is taking an ever greater role in industrial research, but also at universities, with consequences for the filling of positions and the distribution of funds. This is also reflected in the number of publications. While this undoubtedly has many advantages and has also brought much medical progress, there are important aspects in medicine for which other approaches are needed. By means of the discovery of Flammer Syndrome, we would like to show that alternative research methods are also important and have a right to exist. Important on the long road to the discovery of Flammer Syndrome were the observations on individual patients, a holistic approach and interdisciplinary cooperation.
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Flammer, J., Konieczka, K. (2019). General Lessons Learned from Flammer Syndrome. In: Golubnitschaja, O. (eds) Flammer Syndrome. Advances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine, vol 11. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13550-8_2
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