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Tanenbaum ML, Commissariat PV, Wilmot EG, Lange K. Navigating the Unique Challenges of Automated Insulin Delivery Systems to Facilitate Effective Uptake, Onboarding, and Continued Use. J Diabetes Sci Technol 2024:19322968241275963. [PMID: 39212371 DOI: 10.1177/19322968241275963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
Abstract
Advances in diabetes technologies have enabled automated insulin delivery (AID) systems, which have demonstrated benefits to glycemia, psychosocial outcomes, and quality of life for people with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Despite the many demonstrated benefits, AID systems come with their own unique challenges: continued user attention and effort, barriers to equitable access, personal costs vs benefits, and integration of the system into daily life. The purpose of this narrative review is to identify challenges and opportunities for supporting uptake and onboarding of AID systems to ultimately support sustained AID use. Setting realistic expectations, providing comprehensive training, developing willingness to adopt new treatments and workflows, upskilling of diabetes team members, and increasing flexibility of care to tailor care to individual needs, preferences, lifestyle, and personal goals will be most effective in facilitating effective, widespread, person-centered implementation of AID systems.
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- Molly L Tanenbaum
- Division of Endocrinology, Gerontology, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Section on Clinical, Behavioral, and Outcomes Research, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Academic Unit of Translational Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Kietaibl AT, Schütz-Fuhrmann I, Bozkurt L, Frühwald L, Rami-Merhar B, Fröhlich-Reiterer E, Hofer SE, Tauschmann M, Resl M, Hörtenhuber T, Stechemesser L, Winhofer Y, Riedl M, Zlamal-Fortunat S, Eichner M, Stingl H, Schelkshorn C, Weitgasser R, Rega-Kaun G, Köhler G, Mader JK. [Position paper: Open-source technology in the treatment of people living with diabetes mellitus-an Austrian perspective : Technology Committee of the Austrian Diabetes Association]. Wien Klin Wochenschr 2024; 136:467-477. [PMID: 39196351 PMCID: PMC11358222 DOI: 10.1007/s00508-024-02400-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 08/29/2024]
Abstract
People living with diabetes mellitus can be supported in the daily management by diabetes technology with automated insulin delivery (AID) systems to reduce the risk of hypoglycemia and improve glycemic control as well as the quality of life. Due to barriers in the availability of AID-systems, the use and development of open-source AID-systems have internationally increased. This technology provides a necessary alternative to commercially available products, especially when approved systems are inaccessible or insufficiently adapted to the specific needs of the users. Open-source technology is characterized by worldwide free availability of codes on the internet, is not officially approved and therefore the use is on the individual's own responsibility. In the clinical practice a lack of expertise with open-source AID technology and concerns about legal consequences, lead to conflict situations for health-care professionals (HCP), sometimes resulting in the refusal of care of people living with diabetes mellitus. This position paper provides an overview of the available evidence and practical guidance for HCP to minimize uncertainties and barriers. People living with diabetes mellitus must continue to be supported in education and diabetes management, independent of the chosen diabetes technology including open-source technology. Check-ups of the metabolic control, acute and chronic complications and screening for diabetes-related diseases are necessary and should be regularly carried out, regardless of the chosen AID-system and by a multidisciplinary team with appropriate expertise.
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- Antonia-Therese Kietaibl
- 5. Medizinische Abteilung für Endokrinologie, Rheumatologie und Akutgeriatrie, Klinik Ottakring, Wien, Österreich
- Verein zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung am Wilhelminenspital, Wien, Österreich
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- 3. Medizinische Abteilung mit Stoffwechselerkrankungen und Nephrologie, Karl Landsteiner Institut für Endokrinologie und Stoffwechselerkrankungen, Klinik Hietzing, Wien, Österreich
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- 3. Medizinische Abteilung mit Stoffwechselerkrankungen und Nephrologie, Karl Landsteiner Institut für Endokrinologie und Stoffwechselerkrankungen, Klinik Hietzing, Wien, Österreich
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- 5. Medizinische Abteilung für Endokrinologie, Rheumatologie und Akutgeriatrie, Klinik Ottakring, Wien, Österreich
- Verein zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung am Wilhelminenspital, Wien, Österreich
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- Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde, Abteilung für Pädiatrische Pulmologie, Allergologie und Endokrinologie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Wien, Österreich
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- Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde, Abteilung für Allgemeine Pädiatrie, Medizinische Universität Graz, Graz, Österreich
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- Department für Pädiatrie 1, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Österreich
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- Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde, Abteilung für Pädiatrische Pulmologie, Allergologie und Endokrinologie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Wien, Österreich
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- Abteilung für Innere Medizin I, Konventhospital der Barmherzigen Brüder Linz, Linz, Österreich
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- Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde, Kepler Universitätsklinikum, Linz, Österreich
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- Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin I, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Salzburg, Österreich
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- Klinische Abteilung für Endokrinologie und Stoffwechsel, Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin III, Medizinische Universität Wien, Wien, Österreich
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- Klinische Abteilung für Endokrinologie und Stoffwechsel, Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin III, Medizinische Universität Wien, Wien, Österreich
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- Abteilung für Innere Medizin und Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie, Endokrinologie, Rheumatologie und Nephrologie, Klinikum Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Klagenfurt, Österreich
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- 3. Medizinische Abteilung mit Stoffwechselerkrankungen und Nephrologie, Karl Landsteiner Institut für Endokrinologie und Stoffwechselerkrankungen, Klinik Hietzing, Wien, Österreich
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- Abteilung Innere Medizin, Landesklinikum Baden, Baden, Österreich
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- Kompetenzzentrum Diabetes, Abteilung für Innere Medizin, Privatklinik Wehrle-Diakonissen, Salzburg, Österreich
- Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin I, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Salzburg, Österreich
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- 5. Medizinische Abteilung für Endokrinologie, Rheumatologie und Akutgeriatrie, Klinik Ottakring, Wien, Österreich
- Verein zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung am Wilhelminenspital, Wien, Österreich
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- Klinische Abteilung für Endokrinologie und Diabetologie, Medizinische Universität Graz, Graz, Österreich
- Rehabilitation für Stoffwechselerkrankungen Aflenz, Aflenz, Österreich
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- Klinische Abteilung für Endokrinologie und Diabetologie, Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin, Medizinische Universität Graz, Graz, Österreich.
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Garg SK, McVean JJ. Development and Future of Automated Insulin Delivery (AID) Systems. Diabetes Technol Ther 2024; 26:1-6. [PMID: 38377322 DOI: 10.1089/dia.2023.0467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
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- Satish K Garg
- Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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Schütz A, Rami-Merhar B, Schütz-Fuhrmann I, Blauensteiner N, Baumann P, Pöttler T, Mader JK. Retrospective Comparison of Commercially Available Automated Insulin Delivery With Open-Source Automated Insulin Delivery Systems in Type 1 Diabetes. J Diabetes Sci Technol 2024:19322968241230106. [PMID: 38366626 DOI: 10.1177/19322968241230106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
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BACKGROUND Automated insulin delivery (AID) systems have shown to improve glycemic control in a range of populations and settings. At the start of this study, only one commercial AID system had entered the Austrian market (MiniMed 670G, Medtronic). However, there is an ever-growing community of people living with type 1 diabetes (PWT1D) using open-source (OS) AID systems. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 144 PWT1D who used either the MiniMed 670G (670G) or OS-AID systems routinely for a period of at least three to a maximum of six months, between February 18, 2020 and January 15, 2023, were retrospectively analyzed (116 670G aged from 2.6 to 71.8 years and 28 OS-AID aged from 3.4 to 53.5 years). The goal is to evaluate and compare the quality of glycemic control of commercially available AID and OS-AID systems and to present all data by an in-depth descriptive analysis of the population. No statistical tests were performed. RESULTS The PWT1D using OS-AID systems spent more time in range (TIR)70-180 mg/dL (81.7% vs 73.9%), less time above range (TAR)181-250 mg/dL (11.1% vs 19.6%), less TAR>250 mg/dL (2.5% vs 4.3%), and more time below range (TBR)54-69 mg/dL (2.2% vs 1.7%) than PWT1D using the 670G system. The TBR<54 mg/dL was comparable in both groups (0.3% vs 0.4%). In the OS-AID group, median glucose level and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) were lower than in the 670G system group (130 vs 150 mg/dL; 6.2% vs 7.0%). CONCLUSION In conclusion, both groups were able to achieve satisfactory glycemic outcomes independent of age, gender, and diabetes duration. However, the PWT1D using OS-AID systems attained an even better glycemic control with no clinical safety concerns.
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- Anna Schütz
- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Karl Landsteiner Institute, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Endocrinology and Nephrology, Clinic Hietzing, Vienna Health Care Group, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Griffin TP, Gallen G, Hartnell S, Crabtree T, Holloway M, Gibb FW, Lumb A, Wilmot EG, Choudhary P, Hussain S. UK's Association of British Clinical Diabetologist's Diabetes Technology Network (ABCD-DTN): Best practice guide for hybrid closed-loop therapy. Diabet Med 2023; 40:e15078. [PMID: 36932929 DOI: 10.1111/dme.15078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023]
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This best practice guide is written with the aim of providing an overview of current hybrid closed-loop (HCL) systems in use within the United Kingdom's (UK) National Health Service (NHS) and to provide education and advice for their management on both an individual and clinical service level. The environment of diabetes technology, and particularly HCL systems, is rapidly evolving. The past decade has seen unprecedented advances in the development of HCL systems. These systems improve glycaemic outcomes and reduce the burden of treatment for people with type 1 diabetes (pwT1D). It is anticipated that access to these systems will increase in England as a result of updates in National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance providing broader support for the use of real-time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for pwT1D. NICE is currently undertaking multiple-technology appraisal into HCL systems. Based on experience from centres involved in supporting advanced technologies as well as from the recent NHS England HCL pilot, this guide is intended to provide healthcare professionals with UK expert consensus on the best practice for initiation, optimisation and ongoing management of HCL therapy.
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- Tomás P Griffin
- Leicester Diabetes Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
- Diabetes Research Centre, College of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
- School of Medicine, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
- Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Diabetes, School of Cardiovascular, Metabolic Medicine and Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, UK
- Translational Medical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology & Diabetes, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Oxford, UK
- Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK
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- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, UK
- Translational Medical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Leicester Diabetes Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
- Diabetes Research Centre, College of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Diabetes, School of Cardiovascular, Metabolic Medicine and Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Almurashi AM, Rodriguez E, Garg SK. Emerging Diabetes Technologies: Continuous Glucose Monitors/Artificial Pancreases. J Indian Inst Sci 2023; 103:1-26. [PMID: 37362851 PMCID: PMC10043869 DOI: 10.1007/s41745-022-00348-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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Over the past decade there have been many advances in diabetes technologies, such as continuous glucose monitors (CGM s), insulin-delivery devices, and hybrid closed loop systems . Now most CGMs (Medtronic-Guardian, Dexcom-G6, and Abbott-Libre-2) have MARD values of < 10%, in contrast to two decades ago when the MARD used to be > 20%. In addition, the majority of the new CGMs do not require calibrations, and the latest CGMs last for 10-14 days. An implantable 6-months CGM by Eversense-3 is now approved in the USA and Europe. Recently, the FDA approved Libre 3 which provides real-time glucose values every minute. Even though it is approved as an iCGM it is not interoperable with automatic-insulin-delivery (AID) systems. The newer CGMs that are likely to be launched in the next few months in the USA include the 10-11 days Dexcom G7 (60% smaller than the existing G6), and the 7-days Medtronic Guardian 4. Most of the newer CGM have several features like automatic initialization, easy insertion, predictive alarms, and alerts. It has also been noticed that an arm insertion site might have better accuracy than abdomen or other sites, like the buttock for kids. Lag time between YSI and different sensors have been reported differently, sometimes it is down to 2-3 min; however, in many instances, it is still 15-20 min, especially when the rate of change of glucose is > 2 mg/min. We believe that in the next decade there will be a significant increase in the number of people who use CGM for their day-to-day diabetes care.
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- Abdulhalim M. Almurashi
- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver, 1775 Aurora Ct, Rm 1324, Aurora, CO 80045 USA
- Madinah Health Cluster, Madinah, Saudi Arabia
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver, 1775 Aurora Ct, Rm 1324, Aurora, CO 80045 USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver, 1775 Aurora Ct, Rm 1324, Aurora, CO 80045 USA
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Wexler A. Mapping the Landscape of Do-it-Yourself Medicine. CITIZEN SCIENCE : THEORY AND PRACTICE 2022; 7:38. [PMID: 36632334 PMCID: PMC9830450 DOI: 10.5334/cstp.553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The practice of medicine is typically conceptualized as remaining within the boundaries of a hospital or clinic. However, in recent years, patients have been able to gain access to information about medical research as it is ongoing. As a result, there has been a rise in do-it-yourself (DIY) medicine, where individuals treat themselves for medical conditions outside of clinical settings, often mimicking experimental therapies that remain inaccessible to the wider public. For example, in DIY brain stimulation, individuals suffering from depression build at-home electrical headsets using nine-volt batteries, mimicking an experimental neuroscience technique used in scientific laboratories. In DIY fecal transplantation, those with intestinal disorders like C. Difficile and inflammatory bowel disease transplant stool from donors into themselves with the aid of blenders and enemas. In the open Artificial Pancreas System movement, diabetes patients hacked together an artificial pancreas system from their glucose monitors and insulin pumps, years before such a system was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA). To date, scholarship on DIY medicine has largely been relegated to specific medical domains (e.g., neurology, gastroenterology, infectious disease). In this paper, however, I recognize DIY medicine as a cross-cutting phenomenon that has emerged independently across medical domains but shares common features. I map the varieties of DIY medicine across these domains and suggest that four key factors lead to their creation, growth, and uptake. In doing so, this essay sheds light on an understudied area of biomedical citizen science that is likely to grow substantially in the coming decades.
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- Anna Wexler
- Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104, US
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Murata Y, Takita M, Kami M. Open-Source Automated Insulin Delivery in Type 1 Diabetes. N Engl J Med 2022; 387:2006. [PMID: 36416773 DOI: 10.1056/nejmc2213228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Yuki Murata
- Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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