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A medical treatment is a medical intervention designed to treat a disease or condition. Types of medical treatment include drugs, vaccines, medical procedures, etc.
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| x Chemotherapy |
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Chemotherapy, in its most general sense, is the treatment of disease by chemicals especially by killing micro-organisms or cancerous cells. In popular usage, it refers to antineoplastic drugs used to treat cancer or the combination of these drugs...
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Surgery (from the Greek: χειρουργική cheirourgikē, via Latin: chirurgiae, meaning "hand work") is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as...
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| x Mastectomy |
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In medicine, mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely. Mastectomy is usually done to treat breast cancer; in some cases, women and some men believed to be at high risk of breast cancer...
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| x Antimalarial drug |
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Antimalarial drugs are designed to prevent or cure malaria. Some antimalarial agents, particularly chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, are also used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus associated arthritis. There are many of these...
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| x Benzoyl peroxide |
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Benzoyl peroxide (pronounced /ˈbɛnzɔɪl pəˈrɒksaɪd/) is an organic compound in the organic peroxide family. It consists of two benzoyl groups joined by a peroxide group. Its structural formula is [C6H5C(O)]2O2. It is one of the most important organic...
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| x Retinol |
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Retinol, the animal form of vitamin A, is a fat-soluble vitamin important in vision and bone growth. It is also a diterpenoid. Retinol is among the most usable forms of vitamin A, which also include Retinal (aldehyde form), Retinoic acid (acid form)...
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| x Salicylic acid |
Salicylic acid (from the Latin word for the willow tree, Salix, from whose bark it can be obtained) is a beta hydroxy acid. This colorless crystalline organic acid is widely used in organic synthesis and functions as a plant hormone. It is derived...
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| x Light therapy |
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Light therapy or phototherapy consists of exposure to daylight or to specific wavelengths of light using lasers, light-emitting diodes, fluorescent lamps, dichroic lamps or very bright, full-spectrum light, for a prescribed amount of time and, in...
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| x Riluzole |
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Riluzole is a drug used to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. It delays the onset of ventilator-dependence or tracheostomy in selected patients and may increase survival by approximately 3–5 months.
It is marketed by sanofi-aventis with the brand...
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| x Physical therapy |
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Physical therapy (physiotherapy in many English speaking countries) is a health care profession which provides services to individuals in order to develop, maintain and restore maximum movement and functional ability throughout life. This includes...
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| x Enucleation |
Enucleation is removal of the eye, leaving the eye muscles and remaining orbital contents intact. This type of ocular surgery is indicated for a number of different ocular tumors, in eyes that have suffered severe trauma, and in eyes that are blind...
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| x Radiation therapy |
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Radiation therapy (also radiotherapy or radiation oncology, sometimes abbreviated to XRT) is the medical use of ionizing radiation as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells (not to be confused with radiology, the use of radiation in...
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| x Cryotherapy |
Cryotherapy (Cold Therapy) is the local or general use of low temperatures in medical therapy or the removal of heat from a body part. Its goal is to decrease cellular metabolism, increase cellular survival, decrease inflammation, decrease pain and...
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| x Newborn screening |
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Newborn screening is the process of testing newborn babies for treatable genetic, endocrinologic, metabolic and hematologic diseases. Robert Guthrie is given much of the credit for pioneering the earliest screening for phenylketonuria in the late...
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| x Corticosteroid |
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Corticosteroids are a class of steroid hormones that are produced in the adrenal cortex. Corticosteroids are involved in a wide range of physiologic systems such as stress response, immune response and regulation of inflammation, carbohydrate...
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| x Immunosuppressive drug |
Immunosuppressive drugs or immunosuppressive agents are drugs that inhibit or prevent activity of the immune system. They are used in immunosuppressive therapy to:
These drugs are not without side-effects and risks. Because the majority of them act...
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| x Dialectical behavioral therapy |
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a therapeutic methodology developed by Marsha M. Linehan, a psychology researcher at the University of Washington, to treat persons with borderline personality disorder (BPD). DBT combines standard cognitive...
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| x Ibogaine |
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Ibogaine is a naturally occurring psychoactive compound found in a number of plants, principally in a member of the dogbane family known as iboga (Tabernanthe iboga). Ibogaine-containing preparations are used in medicinal and ritual purposes within...
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| x Afloqualone |
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Afloqualone (Arofuto) is an analogue of methaqualone developed in the 1980s in Japan. It has sedative and muscle relaxant effects, and has had some clinical use, although it causes photosensitization as a side effect which can cause skin problems...
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| x Lotrel | Dizziness |
Amlodipine/benazepril, marketed in the U.S. as Lotrel by Novartis and manufactured as a generic drug by Teva, is an antihypertensive medication which combines a calcium channel blocker (amlodipine besylate) with an angiotensin converting enzyme...
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| x Tarka |
Tarka is the brand name of an oral antihypertensive medication that combines a slow release formulation of verapamil hydrochloride, a calcium channel blocker, and an immediate release formulation of trandolapril, an ACE inhibtor. The patent, held by...
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| x Cathinone |
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Cathinone (β-ketoamphetamine) is a monoamine alkaloid found in the shrub Catha edulis (Khat) and is chemically similar to ephedrine, cathine and other amphetamines. Amphetamine induces the release of dopamine from striatal preparations that are...
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| x Dihydrocodeine |
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Dihydrocodeine, also called DHC, Drocode, Paracodeine and Parzone and known by the brand names of Synalgos DC, Panlor DC, Panlor SS, Contugesic, SS Bron, Drocode, Paracodin, Codidol, Didor Continus, Dicogesic, Codhydrine, Dekacodin, DH-Codeine,...
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| x Tramadol |
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Tramadol (INN) (pronounced /ˈtræmədɒl/) (Tramal, Ultram, Mabron, Ralivia, Ryzolt, Tradonal, Tramacet, Tridural, Ultracet, Zamadol, Zydol, Zytram) is a centrally acting analgesic, used for treating moderate to severe pain.
Tramadol was developed by...
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| x Desogestrel |
Desogestrel is a molecule used in hormonal contraceptives.
Third generation pills have been shown to resolve or to reduce acne and hirsutism. They are suitable for use in patients with diabetes or lipid disorders because they have minimal impact on...
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| x Triazolam |
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Triazolam (marketed in English speaking countries under the brand names Apo-Triazo, Halcion, Hypam, and Trilam) is a benzodiazepine derivative drug. It possesses pharmacological properties similar to that of other benzodiazepines, but it is...
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| x Interferon-gamma |
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Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) is a dimerized soluble cytokine that is the only member of the type II class of interferons. This interferon was originally called macrophage-activating factor, a term now used to describe a larger family of proteins to...
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| x Emylcamate |
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Emylcamate (marketed as Striatran by Merck) is an anxiolytic and muscle relaxant. It was patented in the US in 1961 (US Patent 2,972,564) and advertised for the treatment of anxiety and tension. It was claimed to be superior to meprobamate, which...
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| x Metharbital |
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Metharbital was patented in 1905 by Emil Fischer working for Merck. It was marketed as Gemonil by Abbott Laboratories. It is a barbiturate anticonvulsant, used in the treatment of epilepsy. It has similar properties to phenobarbital.
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| x Tenatoprazole |
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Tenatoprazole (rINN, also benatoprazole) is a novel proton pump inhibitor indicated for the treatment of reflux oesophagitis and peptic ulcer in Japan. Discovered by Mitsubishi Pharma, it is an imidazopyridine derivative and has an imidazopyridine...
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| x Butyl nitrite |
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Butyl nitrite is an alkyl nitrite made from butyl alcohol. Butyl nitrite is used recreationally as poppers.
Synonyms include N-butyl nitrite, 1-butyl nitrite and nitrous acid, butyl ester.
Butyl nitrite is highly flammable.
Butyl nitrite is one of...
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| x Vinbarbital |
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Vinbarbital is a drug which is a barbiturate derivative.
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| x Bezitramide |
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Bezitramide is a narcotic analgesic. Bezitramide itself is a prodrug which is readily hydrolyzed in the gastrointestinal tract to its main metabolite, despropionyl-bezitramide. Bezitramide was discovered at Janssen Pharmaceutica in 1961. It is most...
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| x Duragesic |
Duragesic and Durogesic (pronounced /ˌdɜrəˈdʒiːzɪk/) are trade names of fentanyl transdermal therapeutic systems, and are used for relief of moderate to severe pain. Since Duragesic/Durogesic release Fentanyl, a potent opioid, slowly through the...
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| x Ketotifen |
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Ketotifen fumarate (ophthalmic solutions marketed under the brand name Zaditor (Novartis), Alaway (Bausch and Lomb)), Zyrtec Itchy-Eye Drops, and Claritin Eye, is a second-generation H1-antihistamine/mast cell stabilizer available in two forms. In...
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| x Methorphan |
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Methorphan comes in two isomeric forms, each with differing pharmacology and effects:
Racemethorphan refers to the racemic mixture of both of these stereoisomers.
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| x N-(2'-fluoropropyl-)-3β-(4'-chlorophenyl)-2β-(3'-phenylisoxazol-5'-yl)nortropane |
N-(2'-Fluoropropyl-)-3ￎﾲ-(4'-chlorophenyl)-2ￎﾲ-(3'-phenylisoxazol-5'-yl)nortropane (FP-ￎﾲ-CPPIT) is a cocaine analogue.
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| x Sorafenib |
Sorafenib (marketed as Nexavar by Bayer), is a drug approved for the treatment of primary kidney cancer (advanced renal cell carcinoma) and advanced primary liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma).
Sorafenib is a small molecular inhibitor of several...
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| x Prednisone |
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Prednisone is a synthetic corticosteroid drug that is particularly effective as an immunosuppressant, and affects virtually all of the immune system. It is used to treat certain inflammatory diseases and (at higher doses) cancers, but has...
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| x Rapacuronium |
Rapacuronium bromide (trade name Raplon, Organon) is a rapidly acting, non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocker used in modern anaesthesia, to aid and enable endotracheal intubation, which is often necessary to assist in the controlled ventilation of...
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| x Semaxanib |
Semaxanib (proposed INN, also semaxinib or SU5416) is a drug intended for use in the treatment of cancer. It is still at an experimental stage and as such has not yet received a licence for use on human patients (except in the setting of a clinical...
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| x Tetrahydrozoline |
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Tetrahydrozoline is a derivative of imidazoline, which is found in over-the-counter eye drops and nasal sprays. Other derivatives include naphazoline, oxymetazoline, and xylometazoline. Poisoning can result from an overdose.
Tetrahydrozoline is an...
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| x Diethylstilbestrol |
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Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a drug, an orally active synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen that was first synthesized in 1938. In 1971 it was found to be a teratogen when given to pregnant women.
DES was first synthesized in early 1938 by Leon Golberg,...
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| x Proglumetacin |
Proglumetacin (usually as the maleate salt, trade names Afloxan, Protaxon and Proxil) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. It is metabolized in the body to indometacin and proglumide, a drug with antisecretory effects that helps prevent injury...
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| x Votumumab |
Technetium (Tc) votumumab (trade name HumaSPECT) is a human monoclonal antibody labelled with the radionuclide technetium-99m. It was developed for the detection of colorectal tumors, but has never been marketed.
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| x Amineptine |
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Amineptine (Survector, Maneon, Directim, Neolior, Provector, Viaspera) is an atypical tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) that selectively inhibits the reuptake of dopamine and to a lesser extent norepinephrine, thus exerting a powerful and fast-acting...
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| x Thiamylal |
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Thiamylal (Surital) is a barbiturate derivative invented in the 1950s. It has sedative, anticonvulsant and hypnotic effects, and is used as a strong but short acting sedative. Thamylal is still in current use, primarily for induction in surgical...
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| x Bivatuzumab mertansine |
Bivatuzumab mertansine is a combination of bivatuzumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody, and mertansine, a cytotoxic agent. It is designed for the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma.
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| x Nilotinib |
Nilotinib, in the form of the hydrochloride monohydrate salt, is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
It inhibits BCR-ABL.
It was approved as Tasigna in the USA and the EU for drug-resistant chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). In June 2006, a Phase I...
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| x Acetorphine |
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Acetorphine is a potent analgesic drug (painkiller), up to 8700 times stronger than morphine by weight. It is a derivative of the more well-known opioid etorphine, which is used as a very potent veterinary painkiller and anesthetic medication,...
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| x Matuzumab |
Matuzumab (formerly EMD 72000) is a humanized monoclonal antibody for the treatment of cancer. It binds to EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) with high affinity.
Developed by Merck Serono in cooperation with Takeda Pharmaceutical, it is...
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| x Ohmefentanyl |
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Ohmefentanyl (β-hydroxy-3-methylfentanyl) is an extremely potent analgesic drug which selectively binds to the µ-opioid receptor.
Ohmefentanyl is one of the most potent μ-receptor agonists known, comparable to super-potent opioids such as...
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| x Caduet |
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Caduet is a medication approved by the US FDA for the treatment of high cholesterol and high blood pressure. It is a fixed dose combination drug containing amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker (commonly sold as Norvasc), and atorvastatin (Lipitor)....
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| x Levonorgestrel |
Levonorgestrel (or l-norgestrel or D-norgestrel) is a synthetic progestogen used as an active ingredient in some hormonal contraceptives.
Chemically, it is a hormonally active levorotatory enantiomer of the racemic mixture norgestrel. It is a gonane...
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| x Taplitumomab paptox |
Taplitumomab paptox is a mouse monoclonal antibody designed for the treatment of cancer. The antibody itself, taplitumomab, is linked to the protein PAP, a antiviral from Phytolacca americana, a species of pokeweed. This is reflected by the 'paptox'...
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| x Metamizole |
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Metamizole sodium is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), commonly used in many countries as a powerful painkiller and fever reducer. It is better known under the names Dipyrone, Analgin, Novalgin, Algocalmin, and Melubrin.
Metamizole was...
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| x Cyclobarbital |
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Cyclobarbital, also known as cyclobarbitol or cyclobarbitone, is a drug which is a barbiturate derivative.
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| x Cetuximab |
Cetuximab (IMC-C225 -- marketed under the name Erbitux) is a chimeric (mouse/human) monoclonal antibody, an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor, given by intravenous infusion for treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer and head and...
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| x Pemoline |
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Pemoline (Cylert) is a medication used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy.
Under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, it is a Schedule IV drug.
Pemoline has some advantages over other stimulants in that it...
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| x Methylphenobarbital |
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Methylphenobarbital, also known as mephobarbital, (marketed in the US under the brand name Mebaral by Ovation) is a drug which is a barbiturate derivative.
Methylphenobarbital is used as a sedative, anxiolytic and anticonvulsant. It is the N...
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