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Schenck CH. REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD): Personal perspectives and research priorities. J Sleep Res 2024:e14228. [PMID: 38782758 DOI: 10.1111/jsr.14228] [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: 02/12/2024] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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The formal identification and naming of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) in 1985-1987 is described; the historical background of RBD from 1966 to 1985 is briefly discussed; and RBD milestones are presented. Current knowledge on RBD is identified with reference to recent comprehensive reviews, allowing for a focus on research priorities for RBD: factors and predictors of neurodegenerative phenoconversion from isolated RBD and patient enrolment in neuroprotective trials; isolated RBD clinical research cohorts; epidemiology of RBD; traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, RBD and neurodegeneration; depression, RBD and synucleinopathy; evolution of prodromal RBD to neurodegeneration; gut microbiome dysbiosis and colonic synuclein histopathology in isolated RBD; other alpha-synuclein research in isolated RBD; narcolepsy-RBD; dreams and nightmares in RBD; phasic REM sleep in isolated RBD; RBD, periodic limb movements, periodic limb movement disorder pseudo-RBD; other neurophysiology research in RBD; cardiac scintigraphy (123I-MIBG) in isolated RBD; brain magnetic resonance imaging biomarkers in isolated RBD; microRNAs as biomarkers in isolated RBD; actigraphic, other automated digital monitoring and machine learning research in RBD; prognostic counselling and ethical considerations in isolated RBD; and REM sleep basic science research. RBD research is flourishing, and is strategically situated at an ever-expanding crossroads of clinical (sleep) medicine, neurology, psychiatry and neuroscience.
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- Carlos H Schenck
- Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Psychiatry, Hennepin County Medical Center and University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Rahayel S, Postuma R, Baril AA, Misic B, Pelletier A, Soucy JP, Montplaisir J, Dagher A, Gagnon JF. 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT Perfusion Signatures Associated With Clinical Progression in Patients With Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder. Neurology 2024; 102:e208015. [PMID: 38315966 PMCID: PMC10890831 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000208015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Idiopathic/isolated REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) is associated with dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson disease. Despite evidence of abnormal cerebral perfusion in iRBD, there is currently no pattern that can predict whether an individual will develop dementia with Lewy bodies or Parkinson disease. The objective was to identify a perfusion signature associated with conversion to dementia with Lewy bodies in iRBD. METHODS Patients with iRBD underwent video-polysomnography, neurologic and neuropsychological assessments, and baseline 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT to assess relative cerebral blood flow. Partial least squares correlation was used to identify latent variables that maximized covariance between 27 clinical features and relative gray matter perfusion. Patient-specific scores on the latent variables were used to test the association with conversion to dementia with Lewy bodies compared with that with Parkinson disease. The signature's expression was also assessed in 24 patients with iRBD who underwent a second perfusion scan, 22 healthy controls, and 19 individuals with Parkinson disease. RESULTS Of the 137 participants, 93 underwent SPECT processing, namely 52 patients with iRBD (67.9 years, 73% men), 19 patients with Parkinson disease (67.3 years, 37% men), and 22 controls (67.0 years, 73% men). Of the 47 patients with iRBD followed up longitudinally (4.5 years), 12 (26%) developed a manifest synucleinopathy (4 dementia with Lewy bodies and 8 Parkinson disease). Analysis revealed 2 latent variables between relative blood flow and clinical features: the first was associated with a broad set of features that included motor, cognitive, and perceptual variables, age, and sex; the second was mostly associated with cognitive features and RBD duration. When brought back into the patient's space, the expression of the first variable was associated with conversion to a manifest synucleinopathy, whereas the second was associated with conversion to dementia with Lewy bodies. The expression of the patterns changed over time and was associated with worse motor features. DISCUSSION This study identified a brain perfusion signature associated with cognitive impairment in iRBD and transition to dementia with Lewy bodies. This signature, which can be derived from individual scans, has the potential to be developed into a biomarker that predicts dementia with Lewy bodies in at-risk individuals.
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- Shady Rahayel
- From the Department of Medicine (S.R., A.-A.B.), University of Montreal; Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine (S.R., R.P., A.-A.B., A.P., J.M., J.-F.G.), CIUSSS-NÎM - Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal; Department of Neurology (R.P., A.P.), Montreal General Hospital; The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) (B.M., J.-P.S., A.D.), McGill University; Department of Psychiatry (J.M.), University of Montreal; and Department of Psychology (J.-F.G.), Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
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- From the Department of Medicine (S.R., A.-A.B.), University of Montreal; Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine (S.R., R.P., A.-A.B., A.P., J.M., J.-F.G.), CIUSSS-NÎM - Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal; Department of Neurology (R.P., A.P.), Montreal General Hospital; The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) (B.M., J.-P.S., A.D.), McGill University; Department of Psychiatry (J.M.), University of Montreal; and Department of Psychology (J.-F.G.), Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
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- From the Department of Medicine (S.R., A.-A.B.), University of Montreal; Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine (S.R., R.P., A.-A.B., A.P., J.M., J.-F.G.), CIUSSS-NÎM - Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal; Department of Neurology (R.P., A.P.), Montreal General Hospital; The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) (B.M., J.-P.S., A.D.), McGill University; Department of Psychiatry (J.M.), University of Montreal; and Department of Psychology (J.-F.G.), Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
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- From the Department of Medicine (S.R., A.-A.B.), University of Montreal; Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine (S.R., R.P., A.-A.B., A.P., J.M., J.-F.G.), CIUSSS-NÎM - Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal; Department of Neurology (R.P., A.P.), Montreal General Hospital; The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) (B.M., J.-P.S., A.D.), McGill University; Department of Psychiatry (J.M.), University of Montreal; and Department of Psychology (J.-F.G.), Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
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- From the Department of Medicine (S.R., A.-A.B.), University of Montreal; Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine (S.R., R.P., A.-A.B., A.P., J.M., J.-F.G.), CIUSSS-NÎM - Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal; Department of Neurology (R.P., A.P.), Montreal General Hospital; The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) (B.M., J.-P.S., A.D.), McGill University; Department of Psychiatry (J.M.), University of Montreal; and Department of Psychology (J.-F.G.), Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
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- From the Department of Medicine (S.R., A.-A.B.), University of Montreal; Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine (S.R., R.P., A.-A.B., A.P., J.M., J.-F.G.), CIUSSS-NÎM - Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal; Department of Neurology (R.P., A.P.), Montreal General Hospital; The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) (B.M., J.-P.S., A.D.), McGill University; Department of Psychiatry (J.M.), University of Montreal; and Department of Psychology (J.-F.G.), Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
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- From the Department of Medicine (S.R., A.-A.B.), University of Montreal; Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine (S.R., R.P., A.-A.B., A.P., J.M., J.-F.G.), CIUSSS-NÎM - Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal; Department of Neurology (R.P., A.P.), Montreal General Hospital; The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) (B.M., J.-P.S., A.D.), McGill University; Department of Psychiatry (J.M.), University of Montreal; and Department of Psychology (J.-F.G.), Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
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- From the Department of Medicine (S.R., A.-A.B.), University of Montreal; Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine (S.R., R.P., A.-A.B., A.P., J.M., J.-F.G.), CIUSSS-NÎM - Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal; Department of Neurology (R.P., A.P.), Montreal General Hospital; The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) (B.M., J.-P.S., A.D.), McGill University; Department of Psychiatry (J.M.), University of Montreal; and Department of Psychology (J.-F.G.), Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
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- From the Department of Medicine (S.R., A.-A.B.), University of Montreal; Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine (S.R., R.P., A.-A.B., A.P., J.M., J.-F.G.), CIUSSS-NÎM - Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal; Department of Neurology (R.P., A.P.), Montreal General Hospital; The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) (B.M., J.-P.S., A.D.), McGill University; Department of Psychiatry (J.M.), University of Montreal; and Department of Psychology (J.-F.G.), Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
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Fernandes M, Maio S, Eusebi P, Placidi F, Izzi F, Spanetta M, De Masi C, Lupo C, Calvello C, Nuccetelli M, Bernardini S, Mercuri NB, Liguori C. Cerebrospinal-fluid biomarkers for predicting phenoconversion in patients with isolated rapid-eye movement sleep behavior disorder. Sleep 2024; 47:zsad198. [PMID: 37542734 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsad198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/07/2023] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Patients with isolated rapid-eye-movement sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) have an increased risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases. This study assessed cerebrospinal-fluid (CSF) biomarkers of neurodegeneration and blood-brain barrier (BBB) alteration in patients with iRBD compared to controls and ascertain whether these biomarkers may predict phenoconversion to alpha-synucleinopathies (Parkinson's Disease (PD), Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)). METHODS Patients and controls underwent between 2012 and 2016 a neurological assessment, a lumbar puncture for CSF biomarker analysis (β-amyloid42 - Aβ42; total-tau, and phosphorylated tau), and BBB alteration (CSF/serum albumin ratio). All patients with iRBD were followed until 2021 and then classified into patients who converted to alpha-synucleinopathies (iRBD converters, cRBD) or not (iRBD non-converters, ncRBD). RESULTS Thirty-four patients with iRBD (mean age 67.12 ± 8.14) and 33 controls (mean age 64.97 ± 8.91) were included. At follow-up (7.63 ± 3.40 years), eight patients were ncRBD and 33 patients were cRBD: eleven converted to PD, 10 to DLB, and two to MSA. Patients with iRBD showed lower CSF Aβ42 levels and higher CSF/serum albumin ratio than controls. Cox regression analysis showed that the phenoconversion rate increases with higher motor impairment (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.23, p = 0.032). CSF Aβ42 levels predicted phenoconversion to DLB (HR = 0.67, p = 0.038) and BBB alteration predicted phenoconversion to PD (HR = 1.20, p = 0.038). DISCUSSION This study showed that low CSF Aβ42 levels and high BBB alteration may predict the phenoconversion to DLB and PD in patients with iRBD, respectively. These findings highlight the possibility to discriminate phenoconversion in iRBD patients through CSF biomarkers; however, further studies are needed.
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- Mariana Fernandes
- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
- Sleep Medicine Centre, Neurology Unit, University Hospital "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Neurology Clinic, University Hospital of Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
- Sleep Medicine Centre, Neurology Unit, University Hospital "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Sleep Medicine Centre, Neurology Unit, University Hospital "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Sleep Medicine Centre, Neurology Unit, University Hospital "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
- Sleep Medicine Centre, Neurology Unit, University Hospital "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
- Sleep Medicine Centre, Neurology Unit, University Hospital "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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Zhang X, Liang D, Ma L, Huang Y, Wan Y, Zhou K, Xu L, Wu W, Xue R, Zhang N. Cognitive and motor profiles as prodromal markers in predicting phenoconversion and phenotype in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder. Sleep Med 2023; 112:262-272. [PMID: 37925853 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2023.10.027] [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: 07/09/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical markers based on cognitive and motor profiles in predicting phenoconverion and phenotype in isolated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (iRBD). METHODS 45 iRBD patients and 25 healthy controls were included in the follow-up study. All participates received comprehensive evaluations of cognitive, motor and autonomic function at baseline. Positive phenoconversion were identified according to standard diagnostic criteria during follow-up. RESULTS 21 iRBD patients displayed phenoconversion in a mean follow-up of 2.9 ± 1.6 years, with 14 presenting motor phenotype and 7 cognitive phenotype. In iRBD, visuospatial, memory, attention-executive function, information processing speed, and motor function predicted phenoconversion, with the combination of Trail Making Test (TMT) and Alternate-tap Test (ATT) performing best (sensitivity = 95.0 %, specificity = 75.0 %); attention-executive function, information processing speed, and motor function predicted motor phenotype conversion, with the combination of TMT and ATT performing best (sensitivity = 100 %, specificity = 66.7 %); visuospatial, memory, and attention-executive function predicted cognitive phenotype conversion, with TMT performing best (sensitivity = 83.3 %, specificity = 91.7 %). Furthermore, individuals with lower z-scores of TMT, Symbol Digit Modalities Test, and ATT than the established cutoff values in iRBD exhibited a significantly higher risk for phenoconversion at follow-up (HR = 2.98, 9.53, 11.68; respectively). CONCLUSIONS In iRBD, the attention-executive and motor function served as optimum combined markers in predicting phenoconversion and motor phenotype, whereas the attention-executive function performed best in predicting cognitive phenotype. Poor attention-executive function, information processing speed and motor function in iRBD independently increased the risk of phenoconversion.
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- Xuan Zhang
- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Airport Site, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Airport Site, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Airport Site, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China; Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Airport Site, Tianjin, China; Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China; Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Airport Site, Tianjin, China; Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China; Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
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Lee DA, Lee HJ, Park KM. Involvement of limbic structures in patients with isolated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder. Sleep Biol Rhythms 2023; 21:233-240. [PMID: 38469290 PMCID: PMC10899988 DOI: 10.1007/s41105-022-00440-2] [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: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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This study aimed to investigate the alterations in limbic structure volumes and limbic covariance network in patients with isolated rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) and to compare them with healthy controls. We retrospectively enrolled 35 patients with iRBD and 35 healthy controls who underwent three-dimensional T1-weighted brain MRI. Volumetric analysis of subcortical limbic structures, including the hippocampus, amygdala, thalamus, mammillary body, hypothalamus, basal forebrain, septal nuclei, fornix, and nucleus accumbens, was performed. Furthermore, the limbic covariance network was examined using graph theory based on the limbic structure volumes. Some of the limbic structure volumes differed significantly. The right amygdala and hypothalamus volumes were lower in the patients with iRBD than in the healthy controls (0.101% vs. 0.114%, p = 0.016, and 0.027% vs. 0.030%, p = 0.045, respectively). However, there were no significant differences in the limbic covariance network between the groups. This study demonstrated that the volumes of the right amygdala and hypothalamus are lower in patients with iRBD, even without cognitive impairments, than in healthy controls. However, there were no significant differences in the limbic covariance network between the groups. The involvements of the limbic structures could be related to the conversion to neurodegenerative diseases in patients with iRBD.
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- D. A. Lee
- Department of Neurology, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae-ro 875, Haeundae-gu, Busan 48108 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae-gu, Busan Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae-ro 875, Haeundae-gu, Busan 48108 Republic of Korea
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