Exact replication: Foundation of science or game of chance?

• Sophie K. Piper,

  Affiliations Institute of Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0147-8992

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• Ulrike Grittner,

  Affiliations Institute of Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2595-0224

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• Andre Rex,

  Affiliations Center for Stroke Research, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany, Department of Experimental Neurology, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3924-956X

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• Nico Riedel,

  Affiliation Berlin Institute of Health—QUEST The Center for Transforming Biomedical Research, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3808-1163

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• Felix Fischer,

  Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Center for Internal Medicine and Dermatology, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9693-6676

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• Robert Nadon,

  Affiliations Berlin Institute of Health—QUEST The Center for Transforming Biomedical Research, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany, McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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• Bob Siegerink,

  Affiliation Center for Stroke Research, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8454-9142

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• Ulrich Dirnagl

  * E-mail: ulrich.dirnagl@charite.de

  Affiliations Center for Stroke Research, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany, Berlin Institute of Health—QUEST The Center for Transforming Biomedical Research, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin Site, Berlin, Germany, German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Berlin site, Berlin, Germany, NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0755-6119

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