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Case reports at the vanguard of 21st century medicine

Michael R Kidd1* and Deborah C Saltman2

Author Affiliations

1 Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

2 The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012, 6:156 doi:10.1186/1752-1947-6-156

Published: 14 June 2012

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As doctors, working with our patients, we have the opportunity to make new discoveries every day about human existence, health and disease. Research in medicine often starts with observations made during patient encounters.