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This digital document is an article from Skin & Allergy News, published by Thomson Gale on August 1, 2007. The length of the article is 602 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Diagnosis: Behcet's disease.(Case of the Month)(Case study)
Author: Miriam E. Tucker
Publication: Skin & Allergy News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 38Issue: 8Page: 67(1)

Article Type: Case study

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This digital document is an article from Southern Medical Journal, published by Southern Medical Association on March 1, 2003. The length of the article is 639 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Possible association between hairy cell leukemia and Behcet's disease. (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
Publication: Southern Medical Journal (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2003
Publisher: Southern Medical Association
Volume: 96Issue: 3Page: 323(2)

Article Type: Letter to the Editor

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Behçet disease is a form of vasculitis that can lead to ulceration and other lesions. It can be interpreted as a chronic disturbance in the body’s immune system. This system, which normally protects the body against infections through controlled inflammation, becomes overactive and produces unpredictable outbreaks of exaggerated inflammation. This extra inflammation affects blood vessels, usually the small ones. As a result, symptoms occur wherever there is a patch of inflammation, and can be anywhere where there is a blood supply. It is a diagnosis of exclusion, not a condition with a well defined etiology ... Read more

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Give me a break
Once more, people are trying to scam Behcet's patients into buying information that's available online for free. No, I haven't seen a copy of this book -- but from the number of complaints posted online about Alphascript publishers, this is another computer-generated scam. A great tipoff is the label on the cover: "High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!"

Since there don't seem to be any copies of this book for sale (even though it was released in March), maybe amazon has finally decided to put their foot down(?). I'm giving this book one star, only because there isn't a "no-star" option. ... Read more

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Chapters: Herpes Simplex, Aphthous Ulcer, Behçet's Disease, Neuro-Behcet Disease, Actinic Cheilitis, Pyogenic Granuloma, Geographic Tongue, Fordyce's Spot, Acute Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis, Mucosal Lichen Planus, Leukoplakia, Angular Cheilitis, Mucocele, Erythroplakia, Hairy Leukoplakia, Black Hairy Tongue, White Sponge Nevus, Torus Palatinus, Melkersson-rosenthal Syndrome, Stomatitis Nicotina, Epulis Fissuratum, Acatalasia, Fissured Tongue, Cyclic Neutropenia, Cheilitis Glandularis, Oral Florid Papillomatosis, Pyostomatitis Vegetans, Osseous Choristoma of the Tongue, Median Rhomboid Glossitis, Cutaneous Sinus of Dental Origin, Plasma Cell Cheilitis, Major Aphthous Ulcer, Angina Bullosa Haemorrhagica, Proliferative Verrucous Leukoplakia, Caviar Tongue, Melanocytic Oral Lesion, Smooth Tongue, Trumpeter's Wart, Acquired Dyskeratotic Leukoplakia, Eruptive Lingual Papillitis, Oral Melanosis, Cheilitis Granulomatosa, Drug-Induced Ulcer of the Lip, Leukoplakia With Tylosis and Esophageal Carcinoma, Epidermization of the Lip, Allergic Contact Cheilitis, Desquamative Gingivitis, Cheilitis Exfoliativa, Plasmoacanthoma, Vestibular Papillomatosis, Granuloma Fissuratum, Oral Hairy Leukoplakia, Perlèche, Fordyce's Disease, Periadenitis Mucosa Necrotica Recurrens, Vincent's Disease, Necrotizing Ulcerative Stomatitis, Trench Mouth, Acute Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivostomatitis, Necrotizing Periodontal Diseases, Dental Sinus, Mucosal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Plasma Cell Orificial Mucositi, Plasma Cell Gingivitis, Nicotine Stomatitis, Smoker's Keratosis, Smoker's Patches, White Sponge Nevus of Cannon, Pregnancy Tumor, Granuloma Gravidarum, Benign Migratory Glossitis, Glossitis Areata Exfoliativa, Lingua Geographica, Transitory Benign Plaques of the Tongue, Oculo-Oral-Genitial Syndrome, Benign Migratory Stomatitis, Glossitis Areata Migrans, Stomatitis Areata Migrans, Actinic Cheilosis, Scrotal Tongue, Oral Crohn's Disease, Furrowed ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=21323216 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Pamphlet by: Nat'l Inst. of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases, published by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on January 15, 1999. The length of the article is 3683 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Questions and Answers About Behcet's Disease.(Pamphlet)
Publication: Pamphlet by: Nat'l Inst. of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases (Pamphlet)
Date: January 15, 1999
Publisher: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Page: 1

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This digital document is an article from Skin & Allergy News, published by International Medical News Group on May 1, 2005. The length of the article is 669 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Look past ulcers to diagnose Behcet's, aphthosis.(Clinical Rounds)
Author: Jane Salodof MacNeil
Publication: Skin & Allergy News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2005
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 36Issue: 5Page: 42(1)

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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2005. The length of the article is 678 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Complex aphthosis easily mistaken for Behcet's.(Skin Disorders)
Author: Jane Salodof MacNeil
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 35Issue: 17Page: 41(1)

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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on December 1, 2008. The length of the article is 436 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Think Behcet's when aphthous ulcers recur.(Women's Health)
Author: Nancy Walsh
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2008
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 38Issue: 23Page: 27(1)

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This digital document is an article from Skin & Allergy News, published by International Medical News Group on July 1, 2003. The length of the article is 5505 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Behcet's syndrome may respond to infliximab. (Six Cases).
Author: Nancy Walsh
Publication: Skin & Allergy News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2003
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 34Issue: 7Page: 35(1)

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This digital document is an article from Dermatology Nursing, published by Jannetti Publications, Inc. on April 1, 2005. The length of the article is 7469 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF[alpha]) is involved in cell differentiation, mitogenesis, cytotoxic responses, inflammation, immunomodulation, and wound healing. Because of its numerous roles, it was thought that inhibition of TNF may aid in the treatment of certain dermatologic diseases such as psoriasis, hidradentitis suppurativa, pyoderma gangrenosum, Behcet's syndrome, and graft versus host disease. The efficacy of these agents has proven impressive and short-term side effects have been few and relatively benign.

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Title: Tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors for the treatment of dermatologic diseases.
Author: Jennifer T. Trent
Publication: Dermatology Nursing (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 2005
Publisher: Jannetti Publications, Inc.
Volume: 17Issue: 2Page: 97(12)

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This digital document is an article from Internal Medicine News, published by International Medical News Group on November 1, 2008. The length of the article is 556 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Multiple large-vessel events common in Behcet's.(Rheumatology)(Clinical report)
Author: Bruce Jancin
Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2008
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 41Issue: 21Page: 12(2)

Article Type: Clinical report

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Heat shock proteins (HSP) have received ample interest by immunologists over recent years. Initially they were found to be dominantly immunogenic microbial antigens. The connection with inflammation was established when it was uncovered that T cells specific for these antigens have a crucial role in the induction and regulation of experimental arthritis. Since then, the raised presence of immunity to HSPs in virtually all conditions of inflammation, including autoimmune diseases, transplant rejection and atherosclerosis, has emphasised the critical significance of immunity to HSPs in inflammatory diseases. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Skin & Allergy News, published by International Medical News Group on November 1, 2009. The length of the article is 498 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Case of the month.(Case study)
Author: Doug Brunk
Publication: Skin & Allergy News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2009
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 40Issue: 11Page: 1(2)

Article Type: Case study

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In his second novel, Guyanese-American author and poet Pablo unveils a compelling and inspiring narrative of his personal journey through five myocardial infarctions and two major flares of Behcet’s syndrome, a rare auto-immune disease with no known cause or cure. Highly motivated and ambitious, Pablo is well on his way to fulfilling his dream of becoming a pharmaceutical marketing executive when fate deals him a cruel hand. Strange symptoms suddenly appear and disappear with disturbing frequency. His doctors have no answers as the symptoms spiral out of control, culminating in multiple hospitalizations and surgeries. Through it all, and with the love and support of his wife and family, Pablo perseveres and weathers the storm, emerging on the other side, a better husband, father, son and friend. Ultimately, Pablo’s medical background, wit and poetic flair combine to produce an informative, engaging and fascinating tale of persistence and reinvention in the face of overwhelming odds. ... Read more

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This up-to-date and comprehensive set of two CD-ROM discs provides a superb collection of official Federal government documents on the subject of Behcet's Syndrome. Behcet's syndrome is a disease that involves inflammation of the blood vessels. It causes problems in many parts of the body. The most common symptoms are: sores in the mouth; sores on the sex organs; other skin sores; swelling of parts of the eye; pain, swelling and stiffness of the joints. More serious problems can include meningitis, blood clots, inflammation of the digestive system and blindness.For patients, practical information is provided in clearly written patient education documents. For medical professionals, doctor reference tools and texts have detailed technical information and clinical background material. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust. This thoroughly researched collection presents vital information from many authoritative sources: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the relevant institute for this disease, and others.In addition to the comprehensive disease-specific coverage, this disc set also includes our Medical Encyclopedia, a $19.95 value! The Encyclopedia presents a collection of official documents about a wide range of medical topics, diseases, illnesses, health and wellness. There is vital information from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Cancer Institute, and more. Topics covered include: major diseases, including cancer, heart and vascular disease, stroke, blood diseases and disorders, lung diseases, and neurological disorders such as dementia and epilepsy * CDC Health Topics A to Z, Foodborne Illnesses, Infants and Children, Injuries, Occupational Health, Older Adults, Women * CDC Travelers' Health - Destinations, Vaccinations, Diseases, Mosquito, Tick, Food, Water, Clinics, Yellow Book, Children, Airplanes, Cruise Ships, Special Needs, Relief Workers, * Dietary Guidelines * NIH A to Z from abnormalities to X-rays.Since navigating the Internet to find additional non-governmental medical information can be confusing, we've also provided our exclusive "Guide to Leading Medical Websites" with updated links to 67 of the best sites for medical information! Built-in weblinks let you quickly check for the latest clinical updates directly from the government and the best commercial portals, news sites, reference/textbook/non-commercial portals, and health organizations. ... Read more

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This up-to-date and comprehensive set of two CD-ROM discs provides a superb collection of official Federal government documents on the subject of Behcet's Syndrome. Behcet's syndrome is a disease that involves inflammation of the blood vessels. It causes problems in many parts of the body. The most common symptoms are: sores in the mouth; sores on the sex organs; other skin sores; swelling of parts of the eye; pain, swelling and stiffness of the joints. More serious problems can include meningitis, blood clots, inflammation of the digestive system and blindness.For patients, practical information is provided in clearly written patient education documents. For medical professionals, doctor reference tools and texts have detailed technical information and clinical background material. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust. This thoroughly researched collection presents vital information from many authoritative sources: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the relevant institute for this disease, and others.In addition to the comprehensive disease-specific coverage, this disc set also includes our Medical Encyclopedia, a $19.95 value! The Encyclopedia presents a collection of official documents about a wide range of medical topics, diseases, illnesses, health and wellness. There is vital information from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Cancer Institute, and more. Topics covered include: major diseases, including cancer, heart and vascular disease, stroke, blood diseases and disorders, lung diseases, and neurological disorders such as dementia and epilepsy * CDC Health Topics A to Z, Foodborne Illnesses, Infants and Children, Injuries, Occupational Health, Older Adults, Women * CDC Travelers' Health - Destinations, Vaccinations, Diseases, Mosquito, Tick, Food, Water, Clinics, Yellow Book, Children, Airplanes, Cruise Ships, Special Needs, Relief Workers, * Dietary Guidelines * NIH A to Z from abnormalities to X-rays.Since navigating the Internet to find additional non-governmental medical information can be confusing, we've also provided our exclusive "Guide to Leading Medical Websites" with updated links to 67 of the best sites for medical information! Built-in weblinks let you quickly check for the latest clinical updates directly from the government and the best commercial portals, news sites, reference/textbook/non-commercial portals, and health organizations. ... Read more

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Think twice before buying this Behcet's "resource"
I recently purchased and reviewed the "sister" CD to this product (the "21st Century Ultimate Medical Guide to Behcet's Syndrome - Authoritative Clinical Information for Physicians and Patients (Two CD-ROM Set). Unfortunately "The Empowered Patient's Complete Reference to Behcet's Syndrome" has been created by the same group as the Ultimate Medical Guide (i.e. PM Medical Health News, also listed under "Progressive Management"). By following the publisher's links, you can see that PM Medical Health News is selling more than 950 CDs on OTHER illnesses and diseases, too.

According to the publisher, "Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents." In other words, they're selling a collection of nothing more than SCREEN SHOTS of information that's readily available for free on government websites. From what I've seen on their other Behcet's CDs, they include very little information that's directly related to BD.

Please take a couple of minutes to read my other review (follow the link in my first paragraph above), and think twice before giving $25 of your hard-earned money to this group. There are better Behcet's resources out there, and this isn't one of them. ... Read more

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This up-to-date and comprehensive set of two CD-ROM discs provides a superb collection of official Federal government documents on the subject of Behcet's Syndrome. Behcet's syndrome is a disease that involves inflammation of the blood vessels. It causes problems in many parts of the body. The most common symptoms are: sores in the mouth; sores on the sex organs; other skin sores; swelling of parts of the eye; pain, swelling and stiffness of the joints. More serious problems can include meningitis, blood clots, inflammation of the digestive system and blindness.For patients, practical information is provided in clearly written patient education documents. For medical professionals, doctor reference tools and texts have detailed technical information and clinical background material. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust. This thoroughly researched collection presents vital information from many authoritative sources: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the relevant institute for this disease, and others.In addition to the comprehensive disease-specific coverage, this disc set also includes our Medical Encyclopedia, a $19.95 value! The Encyclopedia presents a collection of official documents about a wide range of medical topics, diseases, illnesses, health and wellness. There is vital information from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Cancer Institute, and more. Topics covered include: major diseases, including cancer, heart and vascular disease, stroke, blood diseases and disorders, lung diseases, and neurological disorders such as dementia and epilepsy * CDC Health Topics A to Z, Foodborne Illnesses, Infants and Children, Injuries, Occupational Health, Older Adults, Women * CDC Travelers' Health - Destinations, Vaccinations, Diseases, Mosquito, Tick, Food, Water, Clinics, Yellow Book, Children, Airplanes, Cruise Ships, Special Needs, Relief Workers, * Dietary Guidelines * NIH A to Z from abnormalities to X-rays.Since navigating the Internet to find additional non-governmental medical information can be confusing, we've also provided our exclusive "Guide to Leading Medical Websites" with updated links to 67 of the best sites for medical information! Built-in weblinks let you quickly check for the latest clinical updates directly from the government and the best commercial portals, news sites, reference/textbook/non-commercial portals, and health organizations. ... Read more

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Please there's free info available and a chat !
Please there is free information about Behcet's Disease, Behcet's Syndrome (BD) available. You can find it on the internet, or by contacting a teaching hospital's library. There is a chat with times listed available at [...] where there are individual that can help you.

There are also other leads available at the American Behcet's Disease Association's website. So please don't throw your money out the window for this free information available at your finger tips.

PLEASE don't waste your money on this CD set!!!
It's rare that a Behcet's resource has made me this angry (unless you consider my review of The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Behcet's Disease: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age by Icon Health Publications.)

What do you get for your $25? One CD that's supposedly filled with Behcet's-related information, and a second CD with the company's "Medical Encyclopedia." Let's look at the BD-related CD first. It contains 4 main files:

1) "Behcet Syndrome": This section is 244 pages long, which sounds great until you take a closer look. Less than 10 of these pages include direct information on Behcet's. Most of the pages are screenshots: lists of links to websites found by searching the government's MedlinePlus dot gov database. And many of the links lead to info for vasculitic diseases that are NOT Behcet's. What's in the other 234 pages of this section? There are 175 pages of screen shots of clinical trials, directly pulled from the clinicaltrials dot gov database. Only FOUR out of the 38 clinical trials that are listed directly relate to Behcet's. The remainder of the listed clinical trials are for "vasculitis" studies, and these studies weren't screened in advance before being dumped into this document. What else explains including studies where the "Exclusion Criteria" for the study is "Behcet's Disease"? (i.e., if you have Behcet's, you CAN'T join this clinical trial).

What's in the other 50 or so pages of this section? More than a few blank screen shots, and screen shots of pages from other U.S. government health-related websites (primarily NINDS).

2) The second section of this CD is a 75-page "Guide to Leading Medical Websites." Each page is a screen shot of the home pages of different health-related sites: WebMD, MedlinePlus, etc.

3) The third section is 3405 pages directly pulled from the NIAMS website (the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases). It includes all of the NIAMS health booklets that are already free to the public online -- including NIAMS' free PDF, "Questions and Answers about Behcet's Disease." Go to NIAMS dot NIH dot gov and search for this booklet yourself.

4) The fourth section is an unbelievable waste of disc space for this product's intended audience: patients looking for BD info. It's 13,635 pages directly pulled from the NIGMS website (National Institute of General Medical Sciences). Out of morbid curiosity, I did a search on "Behcet's" in this section. No surprise -- Behcet's isn't mentioned once on any of the pages.

What about the second CD? (The "Medical Encyclopedia")
Once again, there's a whole CD filled with screen shots from government websites: specifically from the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I'm not saying that info from these sites isn't valuable (it is), but you can get all of it yourself, for free, by going to these websites yourself.

I'm amazed that PM Medical Health News (who put this set together) says that this product is meant for patients, physicians, and nurses. Smart patients will stay away from this CD (and its sister product, "The Empowered Patient's Complete Reference: Behcet's Syndrome," which I don't expect to be any better than this one). And physicians and nurses have absolutely no need for the "Ultimate Medical Guide to Behcet's Syndrome." They already know how to find all of this information on their own.

One last comment -- Click on the "Author" link at the top of the page (PM Medical Health News). You'll be brought to 950+ very similar CDs created by this publisher, on a huge variety of health issues and diseases. I'm guessing that all of these CDs are almost identical. Like Icon Health Publications, PM Medical Health News has figured out how to capitalize on desperate patients who are looking for information on their rare illness.

I'm only giving a single star because there's no option for "zero" stars.

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