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Hasırcı Bayır BR, Aksu S, Gezegen H, Karaaslan Z, Yüceer H, Cerrahoğlu Şirin T, Küçükali Cİ, Kurt A, Karamürsel S, Yılmaz V, Baykan B. Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Clinical Outcomes, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide, and Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide-38 Levels in Menstrual Migraine. Neuromodulation 2024; 27:835-846. [PMID: 38506767 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurom.2024.01.005] [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: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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OBJECTIVES Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been suggested as an alternative treatment option for migraine. The present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of tDCS on clinical outcomes in addition to calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide 38 (PACAP-38) levels in individuals with menstrual-related migraine (MRM) for the first time. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this parallel study, 58 female patients between the ages of 18 and 45 years, including 36 with MRM and 22 with nonmenstrual migraines (nMM), were recruited. Sessions of 2-mA 20-minute anodal tDCS were administered over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex within three consecutive days (1:1 active and sham stimulation). Migraine attack frequency, severity, analgesic usage, CGRP, and PACAP-38 levels of the patients were evaluated before and one month after tDCS. RESULTS After tDCS, in the active group compared with the sham group, the frequency (p = 0.031), the severity of attacks (p = 0.003), the number of days with headache (p = 0.004), and the analgesic usage (p = 0.024) were all decreased. In both MRM and nMM groups, the frequency and severity of attacks and analgesic usage were decreased in those receiving active stimulation (p < 0.001 for each). CGRP and PACAP-38 levels were no different in the active group and the sham group after tDCS. CONCLUSIONS tDCS was shown to be efficacious in migraine prophylaxis and a valuable option for migraine and MRM treatment. The absence of changes in serum CGRP and PACAP-38 levels suggests that tDCS efficacy may stem from distinct cerebral electrophysiological mechanisms.
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- Buse Rahime Hasırcı Bayır
- Haydarpaşa Numune Reasearch and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Neurology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Department of Physiology, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey; Department of Physiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neuroscience, Aziz Sancar Institute of Experimental Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neuroscience, Aziz Sancar Institute of Experimental Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey; Şişli Etfal Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neuroscience, Aziz Sancar Institute of Experimental Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neuroscience, Aziz Sancar Institute of Experimental Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Neuroscience, Aziz Sancar Institute of Experimental Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Li H, Xu X, Zhou J, Dong L. Cluster and network analysis of non-headache symptoms in migraine patients reveals distinct subgroups based on onset age and vestibular-cochlear symptom interconnection. Front Neurol 2023; 14:1184069. [PMID: 37305749 PMCID: PMC10251495 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1184069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023] Open
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Objective The present study endeavors to identify natural subgroups of migraine patients based on the patterns of non-headache symptoms, utilizing cluster analysis. Subsequently, network analysis was performed to estimate the structure of symptoms and explore the potential pathophysiology of these findings. Method A total of 475 patients who met the diagnostic criteria for migraine were surveyed face-to-face during the period of 2019 to 2022. The survey included collecting demographic and symptom data. Four different solutions were generated by the K-means for mixed large data (KAMILA) clustering algorithm, from which the final cluster solutions were selected based on a series of cluster metrics. Subsequently, we performed network analysis using Bayesian Gaussian graphical models (BGGM) to estimate the symptom structure across subgroups and conducted global and pairwise comparisons between structures. Result Cluster analysis identified two distinct patient groups, and the onset age of migraine proved to be an effective characteristic differentiating the two patient groups. Participants assigned to late-onset group showed a longer course of migraine, higher frequency of monthly headache attacks, and greater tendency toward medication overuse. In contrast, patients in early-onset group exhibited a higher frequency of nausea, vomiting, and phonophobia compared to their counterparts in the other group. The network analysis revealed a different symptom structure between the two groups globally, while the pairwise differences indicated an increasing connection between tinnitus and dizziness, and a decreasing connection between tinnitus and hearing loss in the early-onset group. Conclusion Utilizing clustering and network analysis, we have identified two distinct non-headache symptom structures of migraine patients with early-onset age and late-onset age. Our findings suggest that the vestibular-cochlear symptoms may differ in the context of different onset ages of migraine patients, which may contribute to a better understanding of the pathology of vestibular-cochlear symptoms in migraine.
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Raieli V, D'Amico A, Piro E. Migraine in Children Under 7 Years of Age: a Review. Curr Pain Headache Rep 2020; 24:79. [PMID: 33326057 DOI: 10.1007/s11916-020-00912-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Despite the accumulation of a significant amount of data on pediatric headache, few studies have been conducted on its occurrence in children under 7 years of age. Within primary headaches in this age, migraine especially, turns out to be a disorder affecting up to 4% of the general population. An underestimate of its true prevalence can be due to lack of specific diagnostic markers, the frequent difficulty of describing pain in childhood, and the necessity of reliable parents' reports. Thus, migraine in children under 7 years of age represents an important challenge for clinicians. The objective of this manuscript is to provide a comprehensive review of epidemiologic, clinic, and therapeutic aspects of migraine in this age. RECENT FINDINGS Current literature data show that migraine has some differences, especially in clinical and therapeutic terms, in this age group compared to subsequent ages. Furthermore, some evidences showing that an early onset of migraine may play an unfavorable role in its natural history, suggest an early identification and management of migraine in younger children. Moreover, we highlight the role that factors of prenatal and perinatal development can play in the predisposition and anticipation of migraine onset. Finally, open questions related to the several undefined features of migraine in this age are reported. Migraine in this pediatric population is absolutely not rare, represents an importan clinical challenge and probably has a negative predictive role.
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- Vincenzo Raieli
- Child Neuropsychiatry Unit- ISMEP -P.O. Cristina - ARNAS Civico, via dei Benedettini 1, Palermo, Italy.
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- Department for Health Promotion, Maternal Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties "G. D'Alessandro," Child Neuropsychiatry School, University Hospital "P. Giaccone", Via A. Giordano 3, 90127, Palermo, Italy
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- Department for Health Promotion, Maternal Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties "G. D'Alessandro," Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital "P. Giaccone", Via A. Giordano 3, 90127, Palermo, Italy
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Byrne AW, Barrett D, Breslin P, Madden JM, O’Keeffe J, Ryan E. Bovine Tuberculosis ( Mycobacterium bovis) Outbreak Duration in Cattle Herds in Ireland: A Retrospective Observational Study. Pathogens 2020; 9:E815. [PMID: 33027882 PMCID: PMC7650827 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9100815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) outbreaks, caused by Mycobacterium bovis infection, are a costly animal health challenge. Understanding factors associated with the duration of outbreaks, known as breakdowns, could lead to better disease management policy development. We undertook a retrospective observational study (2012-2018) and employed Finite Mixture Models (FMM) to model the outcome parameter, and to investigate how factors were associated with duration for differing subpopulations identified. In addition to traditional risk factors (e.g., herd size, bTB history), we also explored farm geographic area, parcels/farm fragmentation, metrics of intensity via nitrogen loading, and whether herds were designated controlled beef finishing units (CBFU) as potential risk factors for increased duration. The final model fitted log-normal distributions, with two latent classes (k) which partitioned the population into a subpopulation around the central tendency of the distribution, and a second around the tails of the distribution. The latter subpopulation included longer breakdowns of policy interest. Increasing duration was positively associated with recent (<3 years) TB history and the number of reactors disclosed, (log) herd size, beef herd-type relative to other herd types, number of land parcels, area, being designated a CBFU ("feedlot") and having high annual inward cattle movements within the "tails" subpopulation. Breakdown length was negatively associated with the year of commencement of breakdown (i.e., a decreasing trend) and non-significantly with the organic nitrogen produced on the farm (N kg/hectare), a measure of stocking density. The latter finding may be due to confounding effects with herd size and area. Most variables contributed only moderately to explaining variation in breakdown duration, that is, they had moderate size effects on duration. Herd-size and CBFU had greater effect sizes on the outcome. The findings contribute to evidence-based policy formation in Ireland.
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- Andrew W. Byrne
- One-Health Scientific Support Unit, Surveillance, Animal by-products, and TSEs (SAT) Division, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Agriculture House, Dublin 2 D02 WK12, Ireland;
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- One-Health Scientific Support Unit, Surveillance, Animal by-products, and TSEs (SAT) Division, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Agriculture House, Dublin 2 D02 WK12, Ireland;
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- Ruminant Animal Health Division, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Backweston, Co. Kildare W23 VW2C, Ireland; (P.B.); (J.O.)
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- Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis (CVERA), School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 D04 W6F6, Ireland;
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- Ruminant Animal Health Division, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Backweston, Co. Kildare W23 VW2C, Ireland; (P.B.); (J.O.)
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- Ruminant Animal Health Division, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Backweston, Co. Kildare W23 VW2C, Ireland; (P.B.); (J.O.)
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Marchese F, Rocchitelli L, Messina LM, Nardello R, Mangano GD, Vanadia F, Mangano S, Brighina F, Raieli V. Migraine in children under 6 years of age: A long-term follow-up study. Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2020; 27:67-71. [PMID: 32334992 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2020.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Revised: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Early starting of migraine seems predictive for less favorable outcome in later ages, however follow-up investigations are very few and all with short-term prospective period. We report here the longest follow-up study in a population of children presenting with migraine under the age of 6. METHODS We followed-up 74 children under 6 years of age, referred for headache to our department between 1997 and 2003. The study was carried out between October 2016 and March 2018. Headache diagnoses were made according to the IHS criteria. RESULTS 23/74 patients, 31% of the original cohort, were found at follow-up in a period ranging between 15 to 21 years after the first visit. Seven of them were headache free. The remaining 16 patients had migraine. In the migraine group, the localization of pain changed in 75% of the subjects, 11/16 (68.7%) had allodynia and 9/16 (56.25%) had cranial autonomic symptoms. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that the onset of migraine at very young age represents unfavorable prognostic factor for persistence of the disease at later ages. Some clinical features may change during clinical course, and the active persistence of the disorder may lead to an increase in allodynia.
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- Francesca Marchese
- Child Neuropsychiatry Unit Department Pro.M.I.S.E. "G D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Italy
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- Child Neuropsychiatry Unit Department Pro.M.I.S.E. "G D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Italy
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- Child Neuropsychiatry Unit Department Pro.M.I.S.E. "G D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Italy
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- Child Neuropsychiatry Unit Department Pro.M.I.S.E. "G D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Italy
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- Child Neuropsychiatry Unit Department Pro.M.I.S.E. "G D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Italy
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- Child Neuropsychiatry Dept., P.O. Di Cristina, ARNAS Civico Palermo, Italy
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- Child Neuropsychiatry Unit Department Pro.M.I.S.E. "G D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo, Italy
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- Child Neuropsychiatry Dept., P.O. Di Cristina, ARNAS Civico Palermo, Italy.
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ABSTRACT:Objective: To develop a detailed profile of individuals living with migraine in Canada. Such a profile is important for planning and administration of services. Methods: The 2011–2012 Survey of Living with Neurological Conditions in Canada (SLNCC), a cross-sectional community-based survey, was used to examine a representative sample of migraineurs (N = 949) aged 15 years and older. Several health-related variables were examined (e.g., general health, health utility index (HUI) [a measure of health status and health-related quality of life, where dead = 0.00 and perfect health = 1.00], stigma, depression, and social support). Respondents were further stratified by sex, age, and age of migraine onset. Weighted overall and stratified prevalence estimates and odds ratios, both with 95% CIs, were used to estimate associations. Results: Overall, males had poorer health status compared with females (e.g., mean HUI was 0.67 in males vs. 0.82 in females; men had over two times the odds of their migraine limiting educational and job opportunities compared with females). Poorer health-related variables were seen in the older age groups (35–64 years/≥65 years) compared with the 15–34-year age group. There were no differences between those whose migraine symptoms began before versus after the age of 20 years. Conclusions: In this Canadian sample, migraine was associated with worse health-related variables in men compared with women. However, both men and women were significantly affected by migraine across various health-related variables. Thus, it is important to improve clinical and public health interventions addressing the impact of migraine across individuals of all ages, sexes, and sociodemographic backgrounds.
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de Rijk P, Resseguier N, Donnet A. Headache Characteristics and Clinical Features of Elderly Migraine Patients. Headache 2017; 58:525-533. [PMID: 29235107 DOI: 10.1111/head.13247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2017] [Revised: 11/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the headache characteristics and clinical features of elderly migraine patients at a tertiary headache center. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 239 records of migraine patients, over the age of 64 at the first visit, who had migraine as defined by the International Classification of Headache Disorders 3rd edition (beta version) from 2006 to 2015 based on the Marseille registry at Timone Hospital. RESULTS 13.8% (33/239) patients had migraine with aura only, 13.0% (31/239) had both diagnoses. Of the patients who presented with migraine with aura, 13.4% (32/239) presented with aura without headache. Unilateral pain location was reported by 58.6% (140/239) of patients and the throbbing type of pain was present in 50.2% (120/239) of our study group. Photo- and phonophobia were observed in 77.4% (185/239) and 79.5% (190/239) of patients. Seventy-nine out of 239 (30.1%) patients were found to have probable medication overuse. Within this group, 31.65% (25/79) overused triptan and 70.9% (56/79) overused combination analgesics. We found higher frequencies of migraine for patients whose age at onset of migraine was younger than 18 years, and low frequency migraine was reported more frequently in the later onset group (P = .0357). DISCUSSION We assess the headache characteristics of elderly migraine patients who were seen at our tertiary headache center and report the high frequency of probable medication overuse headache in this study group. Finally, we suggest that age of onset is an important factor in the clinical profile of these patients.
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- Pablo de Rijk
- Centre d'évaluation et de traitement de la douleur, Hopital La Timone, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, Service d'épidémiologie et d'économie de la santé - Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, France
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- Centre d'évaluation et de traitement de la douleur, Hopital La Timone, France.,INSERM, Marseille, France.,FHU INOVPAIN, Marseille, France
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Tension-type headache in Parma's adult general population: a focus on age of onset. Neurol Sci 2014; 36:29-34. [PMID: 25034186 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-014-1886-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2014] [Accepted: 07/14/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In the present paper, we focus on the age of onset for tension-type headache in a population-based sample in the Parma, distinguishing its different subtypes and considering definite and probable diagnoses. Age of headache onset is a useful clinical feature for differential diagnosis between primary headaches and between primary and secondary headache forms. A total of 904 subjects representative of the Parma's adult general population were interviewed face to face by a physician from the Parma Headache Centre, using a validated questionnaire specially designed for the diagnosis of primary headaches according to the ICHD-II criteria. In the majority of subjects diagnosed with definite tension-type headache, age of onset was 39 years or less, while mean age of onset was 29.7 years (SD 16.3 years, range 5-79 years), the median being 25 years. Both infrequent and frequent episodic definite tension-type headache first occurred in the majority of cases in the second, third and fourth decades. Subjects with chronic definite tension-type headache reported a later onset in life (i.e. fourth, fifth and sixth decades). In our study, mean age of onset for probable tension-type headache was 23.7 years (SD 9.2 years, range 10-40 years) and the median was 22 years. In no case did we find significant gender differences. Our study results are similar to most of those reported in the literature. Further research needs to be done in the Italian epidemiological context, given the lack of literature reports on this topic.
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A possible role for mitochondrial dysfunction in migraine. Mol Genet Genomics 2012; 287:837-44. [DOI: 10.1007/s00438-012-0723-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2012] [Accepted: 09/22/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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