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Hügle B, Krumrey-Langkammerer M, Haas JP. Infection with SARS-CoV-2 causes flares in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in remission or inactive disease on medication. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2021; 19:163. [PMID: 34844609 PMCID: PMC8628278 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-021-00653-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Flares of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) have been described in the context of various infections. Flares of rheumatic diseases in adults have been described following infection with SARS-CoV-2 in several cohorts. So far, the effect of infection with SARS-CoV-2 on the course of JIA is unknown. METHODS The database of the German Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology was searched for patients with confirmed infection with SARS-CoV-2 and subsequent disease flare, admitted from July 2020 until June 2021. cJADAS-27, ESR and C-reactive protein, as well as uveitis activity, medication at the time of flare and treatment of flare was extracted. Patient cases were described individually. RESULTS Out of 988 patients admitted, five patients with remission off medication (n = 2) or inactive disease on medication (n = 3) were identified, with flare symptoms up to four weeks after infection with SARS-CoV-2. CONCLUSIONS Flares can occur after infection with SARS-CoV-2 in patients with JIA in remission or inactive disease on medication. Treating physicians need to be aware of this fact, especially when counseling patients with rheumatic diseases about the respective dangers of COVID-19 and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2.
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- Boris Hügle
- German Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, Gehfeldstrasse 24, 82467, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
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- grid.500039.fGerman Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, Gehfeldstrasse 24, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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- grid.500039.fGerman Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, Gehfeldstrasse 24, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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Rodrigues WDR, Sarni ROS, Fonseca FLA, Araújo A, Len CA, Terreri MT. Biomarkers of lipid metabolism in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: relationship with disease subtype and inflammatory activity. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2021; 19:66. [PMID: 33941215 PMCID: PMC8091710 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-021-00538-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To describe the biomarkers of lipid metabolism in children and adolescents with polyarticular and systemic JIA and to relate them to diseases subtypes, diseases activity markers, and nutritional status. METHODS A cross-sectional study including 62 JIA patients was performed. The following variables were evaluated: disease activity and medications used, body mass index, height for age (z-score), skin folds (bicipital, tricipital, subscapular and suprailiac), food intake based on three 24-h food recalls, lipid profile (total cholesterol (CT), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), triglycerides (TG) and non-HDL (N-HDLc), glycemia and insulin, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), ultrasensitive C-reactive protein (us-CRP) and apolipoproteins A-I and B (Apo A-I and Apo B). RESULTS Dyslipidemia was observed in 83.3% of the patients. Based on classical lipid profile, low HDL-c levels was the most frequently alteration observed. Inadequate levels of LDL-c, Apo B and NHDL-c were significantly more frequent in the systemic JIA subtype when compared to the polyarticular subtype (p = 0.017, 0.001 and 0.042 respectively). Patients on biological therapy had a better adequacy of Apo A-I concentrations. The ESR showed a negative correlation with Apo A-I level (r = - 0.25, p = 0.047). CONCLUSION We concluded that dyslipidemia is common in patients with JIA, especially in systemic subtype. The systemic subtype and an elevated ESR were associated with lower concentrations of Apo A-I, suggesting the participation of the inflammatory process.
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- Wellington Douglas Rocha Rodrigues
- Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Borges Lagoa, 802 - Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP, CEP: 04038-001, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Borges Lagoa, 802 - Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP, CEP: 04038-001, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Borges Lagoa, 802 - Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP, CEP: 04038-001, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Borges Lagoa, 802 - Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP, CEP: 04038-001, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Borges Lagoa, 802 - Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP, CEP: 04038-001, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Borges Lagoa, 802 - Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP, CEP: 04038-001, Brazil.
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Shelmerdine SC, Di Paolo PL, Tanturri de Horatio L, Malattia C, Magni-Manzoni S, Rosendahl K. Imaging of the hip in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Pediatr Radiol 2018; 48:811-817. [PMID: 29766251 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-017-4022-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hip involvement is common and estimated to occur in approximately 35-63% of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). It is more prevalent in the aggressive systemic subtypes, with irreversible changes occurring as early as within 5 years of diagnosis. Whilst clinical parameters and joint examination can be useful for assessing disease severity, subclinical disease is known to exist and delayed treatment may herald a lifetime of disability and pain. Early recognition of JIA changes is therefore crucial in determining treatment options. Validated scoring systems in the radiologic assessment of the hip for clinical drug trials may inform treatment outcomes, although robust tools for analysis are still lacking. This review article details the modalities utilised for imaging the hip in children with JIA with particular efforts focused upon reliability and validity in their assessment of joint disease. We conclude with a short literature review on the potential future techniques being developed for hip joint imaging in JIA.
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- Susan Cheng Shelmerdine
- Department of Clinical Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, WC1N 3JH, UK.
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- Department of Radiology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Pediatria II, Reumatologia, Largo Gaslini, Genoa, 5, 16147, Italy.,Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili (DINOGMI), University of Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili (DINOGMI), University of Genova, Genoa, Italy.,Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Clinical Medicine, K1, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Miotto e Silva VB, Mitraud SDAV, Furtado RNV, Natour J, Len CA, Terreri MTDSELRA. Patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in clinical remission with positive power Doppler signal in joint ultrasonography have an increased rate of clinical flare: a prospective study. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2017; 15:80. [PMID: 29132381 PMCID: PMC5683235 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-017-0208-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ultrasonography (US) studies carried out on joints of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients in clinical remission demonstrate the presence of subclinical synovitis. The significance of subclinical synovitis and the positive power Doppler (PD) signal on US in JIA in clinical remission is not well understood. The objectives of this study were to assess whether the changes detected by US in patients with JIA in clinical remission can predict disease flare and to evaluate factors associated with flare and joint damage over 30 months of follow-up. METHODS A prospective study was performed with clinical and ultrasound evaluation in 34 joints of JIA patients in clinical remission. Clinical evaluation including physical exam, functional capacity and inflammatory markers was performed at baseline and every six months thereafter, for a total period of 30 months. US evaluation included presence of synovitis, PD signal and erosion at baseline and every 12 months thereafter. Subclinical synovitis was defined when there was synovitis with or without positive PD signal in US joints of patients in clinical remission. Flare was defined as any joint presenting clinical arthritis requiring therapy modification. RESULTS We evaluated a total of 35 patients, 28 (80%) girls, 14 (40%) persistent oligoarticular subtype, 12 (34.3%) oligoarticular extended and 9 (25.7%) polyarticular and 26 (74.3%) in remission on medication. Twenty (57.1%) patients flared. The risk of flare was five times higher in patients with positive PD signal and 14 times higher in patients in remission on medication. Regarding the assessment of joints after 6 months and 12 months of US evaluation, 70/3162 (2.2%) joints and 80/2108 (3.8%) joints flared, respectively. Joints with subclinical synovitis with positive PD signal flared more after 6 and 12 months. Twenty five of 2108 (1.2%) joints showed erosion over time. Joints with subclinical synovitis with or without positive PD signal showed more erosion. CONCLUSIONS Patients in remission on medication with subclinical synovitis with positive PD signal on US have a higher risk of flare, therefore they should be monitored closely during treatment. In the same way, joints with subclinical synovitis with or without positive PD signal should be monitored due to the risk of flare and joint damage.
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- Vanessa Bugni Miotto e Silva
- 0000 0001 0514 7202grid.411249.bPediatric Rheumatology Unit, Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division, Pediatric Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), Borges Lagoa Street, 802, Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP Zip code 04038-001 Brazil
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- 0000 0001 0514 7202grid.411249.bRheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, UNIFESP/EPM, São Paulo, Brazil
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- 0000 0001 0514 7202grid.411249.bRheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, UNIFESP/EPM, São Paulo, Brazil
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- 0000 0001 0514 7202grid.411249.bPediatric Rheumatology Unit, Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division, Pediatric Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), Borges Lagoa Street, 802, Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP Zip code 04038-001 Brazil
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- 0000 0001 0514 7202grid.411249.bPediatric Rheumatology Unit, Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division, Pediatric Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), Borges Lagoa Street, 802, Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP Zip code 04038-001 Brazil
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Trauzeddel RF, Lehmann H, Windschall D, Ganser G, Berendes R, Haller M, Krumrey-Langkammerer M, Palm-Beden K, Nimtz-Talaska A, Nirschl C, Schoof P, Trauzeddel R. Age-dependent arthrosonographic reference values of the hip joint in healthy children and adolescents - a cross-sectional multicenter ultrasound study. Pediatr Radiol 2017; 47:1329-1336. [PMID: 28547137 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-017-3862-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2016] [Revised: 03/16/2017] [Accepted: 04/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Musculoskeletal US is a noninvasive imaging method for diagnosing and monitoring inflammatory rheumatic diseases. OBJECTIVES To develop age- and gender-related arthrosonographic reference intervals for the hip joint of healthy children and adolescents. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a cross-sectional US study, we examined both hip joints of 445 children and adolescents with an age range of 1 year to 18 years. We measured the distance between the bone surface and the outer margin of the joint capsule to define the bone-capsule distance, the joint capsule and cartilage thickness, and the capsule layer thickness. Reference values were calculated. The shape of the joint capsule and bone-capsule junction zone were analyzed qualitatively. An intraobserver analysis was performed. RESULTS Bone-capsule distance, capsule thickness and the anterior capsule layer increase with age. In contrast, joint cartilage decreases. The posterior capsule layer exhibited constant thickness across all age groups. The difference between both body sides and gender was collectively less than 0.5 mm. The intraobserver variations were within the calculated reference intervals. The insertion of the capsule to the bone was mostly a peaked one. The capsule shape had a convex or straight configuration in a neutral position and a concave position during outward rotation. The intraobserver analysis revealed good to very good concordance. CONCLUSION We propose age- and gender-related reference intervals for the bone-capsule distance, joint capsule and cartilage thickness of the hip.
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- Ralf Felix Trauzeddel
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Charite Mitte and Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Medicine Gießen, Feulgenstraße 10-12, 35392, Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asklepios Hospital Weissenfels, Naumburger Straße 76, 06667, Weissenfels, Germany
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- Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, North-Western German Centre for Rheumatology, St. Josef-Stift Sendenhorst, Westtor 7, 48324, Sendenhorst, Germany
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- St. Marien Children's Hospital, Grillparzerstraße 9, 84036, Landshut, Germany
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- Pediatrics and Adolescents Practice, Alte Bundestraße 37, 79194, Gundelfingen, Germany
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- German Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, Gehfeldstraße 24, 82467, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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- Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, North-Western German Centre for Rheumatology, St. Josef-Stift Sendenhorst, Westtor 7, 48324, Sendenhorst, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asklepios Hospital Weissenfels, Naumburger Straße 76, 06667, Weissenfels, Germany
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- Pediatric Practice Dr. Simon & Philipp Schoof, Cosimastraße 133, 81925, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Helios Hospital Berlin - Buch, Schwanebecker Chaussee 50, 13125, Berlin, Germany
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Żuber Z, Owczarek A, Sobczyk M, Migas-Majoch A, Turowska-Heydel D, Sternal A, Michalczak J, Chudek J. Establishing percentile charts for hip joint capsule and synovial cavity thickness in apparently healthy children. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2017; 15:8. [PMID: 28143500 PMCID: PMC5286797 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-017-0136-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The usefulness of musculoskeletal ultrasonography (MSUS) in paediatric population is limited by lack of reference values. One of such parameters is hip joint capsule thickness, postulated as an early measure for synovitis. However, the joint capsule is hardly a distinguished structure from slit synovial cavity in patients with little or no fluid collection. Therefore, in patients without effusion, it is more convenient to measure hip joint capsule thickness together with synovial cavity. The aim of the study was to establish percentile chart for hip joint capsule and synovial cavity thickness (HJC&SCT) in apparently healthy children. MATERIAL AND METHODS The analysis included 816 US of hip joint in 408 children without musculoskeletal disorders, distributed equally throughout the whole developmental period in 18 one-year subgroups. Hip joints US was performed according to standard protocol including measurement of HJC&SCT in a single rheumatology centre by three investigators. RESULTS The 3rd, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th, and 97th HJC&SCT percentile curves were depicted in the age and height charts for the combined group of girls and boys. The median HJC&SCT values were increasing with age from 3.7 (C10 - C90: 3.3 - 4.2) mm in the first year of life up to 6.7 (5.8 - 7.3) in 16 years old, and above. In a similar way the increase was seen with height from 3.9 (3.5 - 4.7) mm in shorter than 95 cm to 6.9 (6.2 - 7.4) mm in taller than 169 cm subjects. Intra-observer and inter-observer mean precision was less than 1.8 and 12.5%, respectively. CONCLUSION The developed centile chart for hip joint capsule and synovial cavity thickness in the paediatric population is expected to improve detection of hip joint capsule disorders, including synovitis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
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- Zbigniew Żuber
- Department of Older Children with subunits of Neurology and Rheumatology, St. Louis Regional Specialised Children's Hospital, Krakow, Poland.
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- 0000 0001 2198 0923grid.411728.9Department of Statistics, School of Pharmacy in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Older Children with subunits of Neurology and Rheumatology, St. Louis Regional Specialised Children’s Hospital, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Older Children with subunits of Neurology and Rheumatology, St. Louis Regional Specialised Children’s Hospital, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Older Children with subunits of Neurology and Rheumatology, St. Louis Regional Specialised Children’s Hospital, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Older Children with subunits of Neurology and Rheumatology, St. Louis Regional Specialised Children’s Hospital, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Older Children with subunits of Neurology and Rheumatology, St. Louis Regional Specialised Children’s Hospital, Krakow, Poland
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- 0000 0001 2198 0923grid.411728.9Department of Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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Do patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in remission exhibit active synovitis on joint ultrasound? Rheumatol Int 2013; 34:937-45. [DOI: 10.1007/s00296-013-2909-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2013] [Accepted: 11/22/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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