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  1. Uremic neuropathy is a distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy caused by uremic toxins; its severity is correlated with the degree of renal insufficiency. Erythropoietin (EPO) and erythropoietin receptors (EpoR) ar...

    Authors: Amal T. Khafagi, Mohamed A. Yehia, Amal K. Helmy, Waleed Hassan and Nashwa Abdelhakim
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:53
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  3. Oxidative stress has a significant influence in the initiation and progression of epileptic seizures. It was reported that inhibiting oxidative stress could protect against epilepsy. The aim of the current res...

    Authors: Nahed Shehta, Amr Elsayed Kamel, Eman Sobhy and Mohamed Hamdy Ismail
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:51
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  4. Dyslexia is characterized by difficulties in spelling and reading. The aim of this study is to identify domains of cognitive strength and weakness of students with dyslexia and to study the effect of an especi...

    Authors: W. M. Farghaly, S. H. El Tallawy, A. S. Ramadan, R. B. Abdelrasol, M. S. Omar, H. N. Eltallawy and K. O. Mohamed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:50
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  5. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease closely related to the accumulation of beta-amyloid (Aβ) plaques. Growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) is one of the proteins that play a role in the...

    Authors: Bryan Gervais de Liyis, Wilson Halim and I. Putu Eka Widyadharma
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:49
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  6. Cognitive impairment (CI) is a common finding in multiple sclerosis (MS); however, there is a limited information about its prevalence in mildly disabled cases. We aimed to determine the most affected domains,...

    Authors: Mahnaz Talebi, Saeed Sadigh-Eteghad, Malihe Talebi, Amirreza Naseri and Fatemeh Zafarani
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:48
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  7. Ischemic strokes are common neurological disease and unless being managed fast enough within hours of onset a permanent deficit usually results. Such deficit impairs the patient independency to a great extent....

    Authors: Iman Muhammad Ahmad Jomaa, Wafaa Batran Wahba, Ramez Reda Moustafa and Tamer Roushdy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:47
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  8. Vitamin B12 malabsorption is one of the side effects of long-term metformin intake. Prolonged vitamin B12 deficiency can lead to irreversible nervous system damage. So, the current study aimed to determine the...

    Authors: Nouran Fakkar Hammam Fakkar, Diaa Marzouk, Mohamed Farouk Allam, Mohamed Mahmoud Fouad, Maram Maher Aboromia and Mohsen Gadallah
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:46
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  9. Covid-19 pandemic has left deep psychological impacts, especially among infected patients. It is extremely important to understand the extent of those effects, while improving the compliance with isolation mea...

    Authors: Zayid K. Almayahi and Nasser Al Lamki
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:45
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  10. Protein kinase C activation with subsequent increase in oxidative stress (OXS) and reduction in brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) are implicated in the pathophysiology of psychotic disorders and in oste...

    Authors: Amina Ahmed Sedky, Mona H. Raafat, Ghada Galal Hamam, Karim Ahmed Sedky and Yosra Magdy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:44
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  11. Host inflammation has been studied in patients with ischemic stroke (IS) due to large vessel occlusions. Inflammatory markers were shown to correlate with large artery atherosclerosis and worse outcomes after ...

    Authors: Sevda Diker, Pınar Gelener, Amber Eker, Bahar Kaymakamzade, Senem Mut, Ayşegül Erem and Uğurcan Balyemez
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:43
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  12. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a serious psychological trauma disorder. Treatment of psychological trauma tends to focus on patients' memory. Clinical Spiritual-Hypnosis Assisted Therapy is a culturally ...

    Authors: Cokorda Bagus Jaya Lesmana, Luh Ketut Suryani and Niko Tiliopoulos
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:42
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  13. Hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP) is one of the most common complications of stroke. This work aimed to evaluate and analyze the clinical and radiological features of painful shoulder in hemiplegic stroke patient...

    Authors: Hassan Abd-Elaty El-Sonbaty, Ali Ahmed Abou Elmaaty, Carmen Ali Zarad and Amany Salama El-Bahnasawy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:41
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  14. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) composes an uncommon subtype of stroke caused by thrombotic occlusion of the cerebral venous system and tends to occur in hypercoagulable states. Albeit exceedingly rare...

    Authors: Rocksy Fransisca V. Situmeang, Reza Stevano and Ratna Sutanto
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:40
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  15. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is typically seen in females of childbearing period; therefore, it is possible that female sex hormones have a pathogenic role in IIH. Obesity is considered as a stro...

    Authors: Mohamed Abdelghaffar, Mona Hussein, Shaimaa A. Abdelkareem and Haidy Elshebawy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:39
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  17. Complex facial pain is a debilitating condition with varying etiologies that overall responds poorly to both medical and traditional surgical management. Cortical stimulation is a unique therapeutic interventi...

    Authors: Andrew D. Gong, Olivia E. Gilbert, Luke A. Mugge, Danielle D. Dang, John V. Dang, Omar Awan, James W. Leiphart and Mahesh B. Shenai
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:37
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  18. Clinical seizure semiology provides valuable information in the evaluation of focal-onset bilateral tonic–clonic seizures. In the evaluation of these patients, long-term video-EEG monitoring (VEM) and neuroima...

    Authors: Gulin Morkavuk, Kubra Isık and Alev Leventoglu
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:36
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  19. Infantile spasm (IS) is an age-specific epileptic disorder of early infancy that typically presents with epileptic spasms occurring in clusters. International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) also recommends the...

    Authors: Abdelsattar Abdullah Elsayeh and Mohammad Ali Saeed Hassan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:35
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  20. The objectives of this review were to explain the neurologic processes that control the human sleep–wake cycle as well as the pathophysiology of the human circadian clock. Non-rapid eye movement and rapid eye ...

    Authors: Chidiebere Emmanuel Okechukwu
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:34
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  22. The neuropsychiatric lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) is a severe complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that is characterized by a variety of neurological manifestations involving both central and peri...

    Authors: Salma M. Ragab and Amira M. Ibrahim
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:32
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  23. A previous study suggests that resting-state EEG biomarkers measured at prefrontal region (Fp1, and Fp2) are moderately correlated with Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores of elderly people with Alzhei...

    Authors: Majid Torabinikjeh, Vahid Asayesh, Mahdi Dehghani, Aliakbar Kouchakzadeh, Hanie Marhamati and Shahriar Gharibzadeh
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:31
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  24. Acute vision loss in Guillain–Barré syndrome  is rarely reported in literature. No case of vision loss in Guillain–Barré syndrome due to Angle closure glaucoma  has been reported in AIDP variant GBS.

    Authors: Abhay Ranjan, Ramdas Pandurangrao Solanke, Neetu Sinha and Vidya Bhushan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:30
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  25. Embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) refers to a nonlacunar, nonatherosclerotic infarct in the absence of cardioembolic source or other specific causes of stroke. The presence of ESUS strokes indicates...

    Authors: Mohamed M. Tawfik
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:29
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  26. This study aims to compare functional outcome for Computed tomography (CT)-based versus Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based evaluation in acute ischemic stroke patients prior to Mechanical thrombectomy (MT)...

    Authors: Atulabh Vajpeyee, Shivam Tiwari, Lokendra Bahadur Yadav, Narendra Mal, Kapil Vyas, Dan Neftalie Juangco, Sigit Dewanto Hendrani and Manisha Vajpeyee
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:28
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  27. Primary nerve sheath tumor of cranial nerve is a rare intracranial space occupying lesion that most commonly involves vestibular nerve. Oculomotor nerve schwannoma, without neurofibromatosis, is an extremely u...

    Authors: Vasudev Parashar and Vaibhav Mathur
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:27
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  28. In recent years, telerehabilitation applications have increased with the rapid development of mobile technology. Remote rehabilitation services have utmost importance in chronic neurological disorders. The aim...

    Authors: Fatih Özden, Mehmet Özkeskin and Süleyman Mert Ak
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:26
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  29. Inflammation is suggested to play a role in the development of non-motor Parkinson’s disease (PD) symptoms. We aimed to investigate the association between serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) levels and ...

    Authors: Manal Mahmoud El-Kattan, Laila Ahmed Rashed, Sara Refaat Shazly and Rania Shehata Ismail
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:25
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  30. The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The clinical manifestations of AD are loss of memory that is progressive and deterioration in cognitive function. The objective of this study is to...

    Authors: Hamdy Nageeb El-Tallawy, Heba Mohamed Saadeldin, Azza Mohamed Ezzeldin, Amal Mohamed Tohamy, Sara Eltellawy, Ali Mabrouk Bathalath and Mohamed Mostafa Shehab
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:24
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  31. Authors: M. Ossama Abdulghani, Mohammad S. Shehab, Hany Aref, Ayman Nassef, Ahmed M. Abdelalim, Khaled O. Abdulghani, Reda Badry, Mona S. Kamel and Amr Elsamman
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:23
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  32. Neurological symptoms and complications of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were seldom discussed in the literature initially. Neurological symptoms such as headache, dizziness, anosmia, hypogeusia, and neu...

    Authors: Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Muhammad Zain Mushtaq, Dureshahwar Kanwar and Syed Ahsan Ali
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:22
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  33. The changes in the different retinal layers in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients can be easily assessed using optical coherence tomography (OCT). Our aim was to evaluate retinal structural changes in patients ...

    Authors: Manal Mahmoud El-Kattan, Soheir Mohammed Esmat, Eman Hasan Esmail, Heba Assem Deraz and Rania Shehata Ismail
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:21
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  34. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common neurological disorder which can lead to an occasional damage to the central nervous system. Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) is an important modality in the di...

    Authors: Al-Amir Bassiouny Mohamed, Hesham Abdelghani Algahalan and Mohamed N. Thabit
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:20
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  35. Common complications of carotid artery stenting (CAS) are cerebral ischemia and hyperperfusion syndrome. To date, only a few cases of late-onset cerebral vasoconstriction occurring several hours after CAS have...

    Authors: Yuya Kobayashi, Teruya Morizumi, Gaku Okumura, Kiyoshiro Nagamatsu, Yusaku Shimizu, Tetsuo Sasaki and Atsushi Sato
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:19
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  36. Central nervous system (CNS) infections are serious and debilitating diseases with significant mortality, and high prevalence in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic in Africa. However, t...

    Authors: Daniel Gams Massi, Marcel Roger Rodrigue Mintyene Mintyene, Annick Mélanie Magnerou, Seraphine Mojoko Eko, Caroline Kenmegne, Salomon Mbahe, Prince Eliot Sounga Bandzouzi, Hugo Bertrand Mbatchou Ngahane and Njankouo Yacouba Mapoure
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:18
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  37. Cerebral hemodynamics and collateral circulation have an important role in determining stroke outcome, while the role of primary collateral is well known, the role of secondary collaterals including ophthalmic...

    Authors: Yosra Fahmy, Yousry Abo El Naga, Ahmed Hazzou and Shahinaz Helmy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:17
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  38. School bullying is described as violence to other people. It is perpetrated at schools or other activities when the power of a student or a group of students is used to injure others or other groups.

    Authors: Gellan K. Ahmed, Nabil A. Metwaly, Khaled Elbeh, Marwa Salah Galal and Islam Shaaban
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:16
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  39. Glutathione (GSH) is a major intracellular thiol-containing antioxidant. We tried to determine whether blood plasma GSH level is a marker for the severity of the two subtypes of acute stroke (large-artery athe...

    Authors: Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov, Marina Yurievna Maksimova, Ksenya Alexandrovna Nikiforova, Fatima Ramazanovna Ochtova, Ekaterina Taymurazovna Suanova, Valery Vasil’evich Alexandrin, Maria Petrovna Kruglova, Mikhail Aleksanrovich Piradov and Aslan Amirkhanovich Kubatiev
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:15
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  40. Parinaud’s syndrome, also known as dorsal midbrain syndrome, is characterized by a combination of signs, including upgaze palsy, convergence–retraction nystagmus, eyelid retraction and pupillary dissociation. ...

    Authors: Anastasia Korona, Despoina Maritsi, Aikaterini Markante, Andromachi Stamati, Stella Mouskou and George Vartzelis
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:14
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  41. There is evidence supporting that cellular immunity may play a role in the pathophysiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Neopterin, a pteridine mainly s...

    Authors: Hadeer Mahmoud Gamal El-Deen Abdel Ghaffar, Noha Khalifa Abdelghaffar, Hanaa Hanafi Ahmed and Mariam Ehab Dawoud
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:13
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  42. Cognitive impairment in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is reported in the early onset of HCV infection without hepatic cirrhosis or marked liver impairment. Methods currently available to identify the r...

    Authors: Ahmed Esmael, Tamer Belal, Ibrahim F. Amer, Eslam Samra, Azza Elmongui and Saad Shawki
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:12
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  43. Non-restorative sleep is the major cause of excessive daytime sleepiness and causes injures of the central nervous system. The most common cause of Excessive day sleepiness in a clinical setting is obstructive sl...

    Authors: Leqaa El-Mekkawy, Dina El Salmawy, Mye A. Basheer, Eman Maher and Mona M. Nada
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:11
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  44. The study aims to measure the quality of life (QOL) for cardiac outpatients with psychiatric disorders (CPP) in comparison to cardiac outpatients without psychiatric disorders (CPOP). A semi-structured intervi...

    Authors: Ahmad Alzahrani, Abdullah Alqahtani, Abeer Saleh, Maryam Aloqalaa, Abdulaziz Abdulmajeed, Asrar Nadhrah and Nada Alhazmi
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:10
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  45. Clinical progression of Parkinson’s disease (PD) is highly heterogeneous, and its predictors are generally lacking. Identifying predictors of early disease progression is important for patients’ management and...

    Authors: Asmaa Helmy, Eman Hamid, Mohamed Salama, Ahmed Gaber, Mahmoud El-Belkimy and Ali Shalash
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:9
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  46. Corona virus disease of the year 2019 (COVID-19) is still devastating the world for more than 19 months since its declaration as a pandemic by world health organization. Its manifestations does not stand at re...

    Authors: Tamer Roushdy and Nouran K. Sharaf
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:8
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  47. The objective of our study is to assess the clinical profile of autistic children in Morocco and the cultural perception of their parents. We collect data with a standard questionnaire on 130 children with aut...

    Authors: Bouchra Oneib, Younes Fajoui and Fatima El Ghazouani
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:7
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  48. COVID-19 is the present global public health problem. This respiratory viral infection can manifest atypical presentation including neurological presentations. An important neurological problem in COVID-19 is ...

    Authors: Rujittika Mungmunpuntipantip and Viroj Wiwanitkit
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:6
    Content type: Review Published on:

  49. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) not only caused a large surge of respiratory infections, it also had a potential association with and increases the risk of stroke. The pandemic has certainly provided new c...

    Authors: Ahmad Sulaiman Alwahdy, Ika Yulieta Margaretha, Kenyo Sembodro Pramesti, Nailaufar Hamro, Viska Yuzella, Fitriani Nasution and Arfan Mappalilu
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:5
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  50. The Mayer Rokitansky Küster Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is a rare congenital disorder characterized by the absence of uterus and vagina in a patient who is phenotypically a female, with 46 XX karyotypes. It affects...

    Authors: Sulochana Joshi, Anup Raj Bhandari, Prashant Shrestha and Rabi Shakya
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:3
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