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The general separation between medical disciplines has, for decades, been a strange tradition. For example, neurologists and nephrologists have each had their defined patient groups, and many are barely interested, if at all, in the other discipline's research. Even within a specific field of basic science, such as physiology, neurophysiologists do not necessarily talk with other physiologists. Thus, the blood–brain barrier has been dividing more than two extracellular spaces. A credible exception may be found among clinical disciplines that focus on the patient as a whole, such as pediatrics. Children often present with complex syndromes that may be considered sporadic . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Physiologisches Institut der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany.

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