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Doepp F, Paul F, Valdueza J, Schreiber S. Chronisch venöse Insuffizienz als Ursache der Multiplen Sklerose? AKTUELLE NEUROLOGIE 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1287850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Brandt AU, Oberwahrenbrock T, Ringelstein M, Young KL, Tiede M, Hartung HP, Martin R, Aktas O, Paul F, Schippling S. Primary retinal pathology in multiple sclerosis as detected by optical coherence tomography. Brain 2011; 134:e193; author reply e194. [PMID: 21596763 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Jarius S, Paul F, Franciotta D, Ruprecht K, Ringelstein M, Bergamaschi R, Rommer P, Kleiter I, Stich O, Reuss R, Rauer S, Zettl UK, Wandinger KP, Melms A, Aktas O, Kristoferitsch W, Wildemann B. Cerebrospinal fluid findings in aquaporin-4 antibody positive neuromyelitis optica: results from 211 lumbar punctures. J Neurol Sci 2011; 306:82-90. [PMID: 21550068 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.03.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2011] [Revised: 03/20/2011] [Accepted: 03/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neuromyelitis optica (NMO, Devic disease) is a severely disabling autoimmune disorder of the CNS, which was considered a subtype of multiple sclerosis (MS) for many decades. Recently, however, highly specific serum autoantibodies (termed NMO-IgG or AQP4-Ab) have been discovered in a subset (60-80%) of patients with NMO. These antibodies were subsequently shown to be directly involved in the pathogenesis of the condition. AQP4-Ab positive NMO is now considered an immunopathogenetically distinct disease in its own right. However, to date little is known about the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in AQP4-Ab positive NMO. OBJECTIVE To describe systematically the CSF profile of AQP4-Ab positive patients with NMO or its formes frustes, longitudinally extensive myelitis and optic neuritis. MATERIAL AND METHODS Cytological and protein biochemical results from 211 lumbar punctures in 89 AQP4-Ab positive patients of mostly Caucasian origin with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) were analysed retrospectively. RESULTS CSF-restricted oligoclonal IgG bands, a hallmark of MS, were absent in most patients. If present, intrathecal IgG (and, more rarely, IgM) synthesis was low, transient, and, importantly, restricted to acute relapses. CSF pleocytosis was present in around 50% of samples, was mainly mild (median, 19 cells/μl; range 6-380), and frequently included neutrophils, eosinophils, activated lymphocytes, and/or plasma cells. Albumin CSF/serum ratios, total protein and CSF L-lactate levels correlated significantly with disease activity as well as with the length of the spinal cord lesions in patients with acute myelitis. CSF findings differed significantly between patients with acute myelitis and patients with acute optic neuritis at the time of LP. Pleocytosis and blood CSF barrier dysfunction were also present during remission in some patients, possibly indicating sustained subclinical disease activity. CONCLUSION AQP4-Ab positive NMOSD is characterized by CSF features that are distinct from those in MS. Our findings are important for the differential diagnosis of MS and NMOSD and add to our understanding of the immunopathogenesis of this devastating condition.
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Paul F, Pommier de Santi V, Roi JF, Berry X, Rabatel E, Marimoutou C. États de stress post-traumatique chez les militaires : quel questionnaire pour un dépistage au retour d’Afghanistan ? Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.respe.2011.02.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022] Open
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Veauthier C, Radbruch H, Gaede G, Pfueller CF, Dörr J, Bellmann-Strobl J, Wernecke KD, Zipp F, Paul F, Sieb JP. Fatigue in multiple sclerosis is closely related to sleep disorders: a polysomnographic cross-sectional study. Mult Scler 2011; 17:613-22. [PMID: 21278050 DOI: 10.1177/1352458510393772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sleep disorders can cause tiredness. The relationship between sleep disorders and fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) has not yet been investigated systematically. OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between fatigue and sleep disorders in patients with MS. METHODS Some 66 MS patients 20 to 66 years old were studied by overnight polysomnography. Using a cut-off point of 45 in the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS), the entire cohort was stratified into a fatigued MS subgroup (n=26) and a non-fatigued MS subgroup (n=40). RESULTS Of the fatigued MS patients, 96% (n=25) were suffering from a relevant sleep disorder, along with 60% of the non-fatigued MS patients (n=24) (p=0.001). Sleep-related breathing disorders were more frequent in the fatigued MS patients (27%) than in the non-fatigued MS patients (2.5%). Significantly higher MFIS values were detected in all (fatigued and non-fatigued) patients with relevant sleep disorders (mean MFIS 42.8; SD 18.3) than in patients without relevant sleep disorders (mean MFIS 20.5; SD 17.0) (p<0.001). Suffering from a sleep disorder was associated with an increased risk of fatigue in MS (odds ratio: 18.5; 95% CI 1.6-208; p=0.018). CONCLUSION Our results demonstrate a clear and significant relationship between fatigue and sleep disorders.
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Beck AH, Görlitz T, Losen M, Pabst T, Thieme T, Paul F, Papacharalampous X, Beck V. Langzeitergebnisse von Femoralis- und Poplitea-Stents. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2010. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1252598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Beck AH, Görlitz T, Losen M, Pabst T, Thieme T, Paul F, Papacharalampous X, Beck T. Radiologische Bandscheibentherapie. Kurz- und Langzeitergebnisse, eine experimentelle und klinische Studie. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2010. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1252924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Lill C, Hoch H, Dieste FJ, Vogel HP, Zipp F, Paul F. Bilateral stroke following pituitary apoplexy. J Clin Neurosci 2009; 16:1670-3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2009] [Revised: 03/04/2009] [Accepted: 03/05/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Reuss R, Rommer PS, Bruck W, Paul F, Bolz M, Jarius S, Boettcher T, Grossmann A, Bock A, Zipp F, Benecke R, Zettl UK. A woman with acute myelopathy in pregnancy: case progression. West J Med 2009. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b4025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Bellmann-Strobl J, Wuerfel J, Aktas O, Dorr J, Wernecke KD, Zipp F, Paul F. Poor PASAT performance correlates with MRI contrast enhancement in multiple sclerosis. Neurology 2009; 73:1624-7. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181c1de4f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Reuss R, Rommer PS, Bruck W, Paul F, Bolz M, Jarius S, Boettcher T, Grossmann A, Bock A, Zipp F, Benecke R, Zettl UK. A woman with acute myelopathy in pregnancy: case presentation. West J Med 2009. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Machguth H, Paul F, Kotlarski S, Hoelzle M. Calculating distributed glacier mass balance for the Swiss Alps from regional climate model output: A methodical description and interpretation of the results. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1029/2009jd011775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Dorr J, Bitsch A, Schmailzl K, Chan A, von Ahsen N, Hummel M, Varon R, Lill CM, Vogel HP, Zipp F, Paul F. SEVERE CARDIAC FAILURE IN A PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOLLOWING LOW-DOSE MITOXANTRONE TREATMENT. Neurology 2009; 73:991-3. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181b878f6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Paul F, Trebst C. Differenzialdiagnose und Epidemiologie der Neuromyelitis optica in Deutschland. AKTUELLE NEUROLOGIE 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1238387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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von Moers A, Paul F, Schülke M, Ohlraum S, Nakae Y, Dorchies O, Ruegg U. T.P.3.08 Clinical trial of epigallocatechin-3-gallate in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Neuromuscul Disord 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2009.06.215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Cotte S, von Ahsen N, Kruse N, Huber B, Winkelmann A, Zettl UK, Starck M, König N, Tellez N, Dörr J, Paul F, Zipp F, Lühder F, Koepsell H, Pannek H, Montalban X, Gold R, Chan A. ABC-transporter gene-polymorphisms are potential pharmacogenetic markers for mitoxantrone response in multiple sclerosis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 132:2517-30. [PMID: 19605531 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Escalation therapy with mitoxantrone (MX) in highly active multiple sclerosis is limited by partially dose-dependent side-effects. Predictors of therapeutic response may result in individualized risk stratification and MX dosing. ATP-binding cassette-transporters ABCB1 and ABCG2 represent multi-drug resistance mechanisms involved in active cellular MX efflux. Here, we investigated the role of ABC-gene single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for clinical MX response, corroborated by experimental in vitro and in vivo data. Frequencies of ABCB1 2677G>T, 3435C>T and five ABCG2-SNPs were analysed in 832 multiple sclerosis patients (Germany, Spain) and 264 healthy donors. Using a flow-cytometry-based in vitro assay, MX efflux in leukocytes from individuals with variant alleles in both ABC-genes (designated genotype ABCB1/ABCG2-L(ow), 22.2% of patients) was 37.7% lower than from individuals homozygous for common alleles (ABCB1/ABCG2-H(igh), P < 0.05, 14.8% of patients), resulting in genotype-dependent MX accumulation and cell death. Addition of glucocorticosteroids (GCs) inhibited MX efflux in vitro. ABC-transporters were highly expressed in leukocyte subsets, glial and neuronal cells as well as myocardium, i.e. cells/tissues potentially affected by MX therapy. In vivo significance was further corroborated in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in Abcg2(-/-) animals. Using a MX dose titrated to be ineffective in wild-type animals, disease course and histopathology in Abcg2(-/-) mice were strongly ameliorated. Retrospective clinical analysis in MX monotherapy patients (n = 155) used expanded disability status scale, relapse rate and multiple sclerosis functional composite as major outcome parameters. The clinical response rate [overall 121 of 155 patients (78.1%)] increased significantly with genotypes associated with decreasing ABCB1/ABCG2-function [ABCB1/ABCG2-H 15/24 (62.5%) responders, ABCB1/ABCG2-I(ntermediate) 78/98 (79.6%), ABCB1/ABCG2-L 28/33 (84.8%), exact Cochran-Armitage test P = 0.039]. The odds ratio for response was 1.9 (95% CI 1.0-3.5) with each increase in ABCB1/ABCG2 score (from ABCB1/ABCG2-H to -I-, and -I to -L). In 36 patients with severe cardiac or haematological side effects no statistically relevant difference in genotype frequency was observed. However, one patient with biopsy proven cardiomyopathy only after 24 mg/m2 MX exhibited a rare genotype with variant, partly homozygous alleles in 3 ABC-transporter genes. In conclusion, SNPs in ABC-transporter genes may serve as pharmacogenetic markers associated with clinical response to MX therapy in multiple sclerosis. Combined MX/GC-treatment warrants further investigation.
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Weygandt M, Hackmack K, Zipp F, Wuerfel J, Paul F, Haynes JD. Fully Automated Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis based on Pattern Recognition Methods. Neuroimage 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1053-8119(09)70227-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Beck A, Görlitz T, Losen M, Thieme T, Paul F, Heisenberg H, Papacharalampous X, Beck T. Langzeitergebnisse und Komplikationen der Vertebroplastie und Kyphoplastie. Eine klinisch-experimentelle Studie. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1221289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Bellmann-Strobl J, Stiepani H, Wuerfel J, Bohner G, Paul F, Warmuth C, Aktas O, Wandinger KP, Zipp F, Klingebiel R. MR spectroscopy (MRS) and magnetisation transfer imaging (MTI), lesion load and clinical scores in early relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis: a combined cross-sectional and longitudinal study. Eur Radiol 2009; 19:2066-74. [PMID: 19308417 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1364-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2008] [Revised: 01/12/2009] [Accepted: 01/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to correlate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based lesion load assessment with clinical disability in early relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Seventeen untreated patients (ten women, seven men; mean age 33.0 +/- 7.9 years) with the initial diagnosis of RRMS were included for cross-sectional as well as longitudinal (24 months) clinical and MRI-based assessment in comparison with age-matched healthy controls. Conventional MR sequences, MR spectroscopy (MRS) and magnetisation transfer imaging (MTI) were performed at 1.5 T. Lesion number and volume, MRS and MTI measurements for lesions and normal appearing white matter (NAWM) were correlated to clinical scores [Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC)] for monitoring disease course after treatment initiation (interferon beta-1a). MTI and MRS detected changes [magnetisation transfer ratio (MTR), N-acetylaspartate (NAA)/creatine ratio] in NAWM over time. EDSS and lesional MTR increases correlated throughout the disease course. Average MTR of NAWM raised during the study (p < 0.05) and correlated to the MSFC score (r = 0.476, p < 0.001). At study termination, NAA/creatine ratio of NAWM correlated to the MSFC score (p < 0.05). MTI and MRS were useful for initial disease assessment in NAWM. MTI and MRS correlated with clinical scores, indicating potential for monitoring the disease course and gaining new insights into treatment-related effects.
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Wuerfel J, Beierbach B, Paul F, Klatt D, Hamhaber U, Papazoglou S, Braun J, Petersen D, Sack I. MR-Elastografie des Gehirns – Erste Untersuchungen an Patienten mit Multipler Sklerose. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1208357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Paul F, Dörr J, Würfel J, Vogel HP, Zipp F. Early mitoxantrone-induced cardiotoxicity in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. BMJ Case Rep 2009; 2009:bcr06.2009.2004. [PMID: 21734913 DOI: 10.1136/bcr.06.2009.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Mitoxantrone is an anthracenedione antineoplastic agent approved as an escalating immunotherapy for multiple sclerosis. Owing to structural similarity with other anthracyclines, cardiotoxicity is a severe side effect of mitoxantrone. The risk of mitoxantrone-induced cardiotoxicity in patients with multiple sclerosis increases with cumulative doses >100 mg/m(2) body surface area (BSA). However, the effect of mitoxantrone on cardiac function in the early phase of treatment with cumulative doses <100 mg/m(2) BSA is unclear. The present report concerns four patients with a temporary and considerable decrease in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and with additional echocardiographic findings of diastolic dysfunction after only one or two doses of mitoxantrone. The risk of cardiotoxicity at low doses of mitoxantrone is highlighted.
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Pfueller CF, Seipelt E, Zipp F, Paul F. Multiple sclerosis following etanercept treatment for ankylosing spondylitis. Scand J Rheumatol 2008; 37:397-9. [PMID: 18720264 DOI: 10.1080/03009740802136164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Reuß R, Rommer P, Winkelmann A, Jarius S, Paul F, Böttcher T, Großmann A, Wolters A, Rimmele F, Wittstock M, Dudesek A, Hauenstein K, Benecke R, Zettl U. Schwangerschaftsassoziierte Schübe einer Aqp-4-Ak-positiven longitudinalen extensiven transversen Myelitis. AKTUELLE NEUROLOGIE 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1086845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Paul F, Pfueller CF, Wuerfel JT, Egerer K, Tanczos B, Baumgart DC, Zipp F. Celiac antibodies in the diagnostic workup of white matter lesions. Neurology 2008; 71:223-5. [DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000317095.24951.b9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Paul F, Jarius S, Glumm R, Wildemann B, Zipp F, Aktas O. [Recent findings in pathogenesis, diagnostics and therapy of neuromyelitis optica]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2008; 133:1125-9. [PMID: 18478506 DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1077227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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