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ResearcherID: C-3090-2014
Scopus Author ID: 55616612700

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Clinical epidemiology, COPD, asthma, airflow limitation, lung function, chronic cough

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Employment (6)

Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital: Herlev, DK

2021-01-01 to present | Resident Physician, Postdoctoral Fellow (Department of Respiratory Medicine and the Copenhagen General Population Study)
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Yunus Çolak

Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital: Herlev, DK

2017-09-01 to 2020-12-31 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Department of Clinical Biochemistry and the Copenhagen General Population Study)
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Yunus Çolak

General Practice at Centrumlægerne: Hillerød, DK

2017-03-01 to 2017-08-31 | Postgraduate Resident Physician
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Yunus Çolak

Nordsjællands Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital: Hillerød, DK

2016-09-01 to 2017-02-28 | Postgraduate Resident Physician (Department of Pulmonary and Infectious Diseases)
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Yunus Çolak

University of Copenhagen: Copenhagen, DK

2013-09-02 to 2016-08-31 | PhD Fellow (Department of Public Health, Section of Social Medicine)
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Yunus Çolak

Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital: Herlev, DK

2013-09-02 to 2016-08-31 | PhD Fellow (Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Respiratory Medicine)
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Yunus Çolak

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Copenhagen: Copenhagen, DK

2022-06-17 to present | DMSc
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Yunus Çolak

University of Copenhagen: Copenhagen, DK

2017-01-31 to present | PhD
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Yunus Çolak

University of Copenhagen: Copenhagen, DK

2007-09-01 to 2013-06-14 | MD
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Yunus Çolak

Professional activities (5)

American Thoracic Society Washington DC: Washington, DC, US

2016 to present
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Yunus Çolak

European Respiratory Society: Lausanne, CH

2015 to present
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Yunus Çolak

Danish Respiratory Society: Copenhagen, DK

2013 to present
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Yunus Çolak

Danish Medical Association: Copenhagen, DK

2013 to present
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Yunus Çolak

Danish Lung Association: Copenhagen, DK

2010 to present
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Yunus Çolak

Works (50 of 64)

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Adiponectin and Risk of Psoriasis: Observational and Mendelian Randomization Studies in up to 900 000 Individuals

Clinical Chemistry
2025-02-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/hvae160
Contributors: Maria B Nielsen; Marianne Benn; Børge G Nordestgaard; Lone Skov; Yunus Çolak
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Chronic Airflow Limitation in Never-Smokers: Time to Broaden Our Focus beyond Smoking in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Annals of the American Thoracic Society
2024-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202410-1018ED
Contributors: Yunus Çolak
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Low smoking exposure and development and prognosis of COPD over four decades: a population-based cohort study

European Respiratory Journal
2024-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00314-2024
Contributors: Yunus Çolak; Anders Løkke; Jacob L. Marott; Peter Lange; Jørgen Vestbo; Børge G. Nordestgaard; Shoaib Afzal
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Susceptible Young Adults and Development of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Later in Life

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2024-09-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202308-1452OC
Contributors: Yunus Çolak; Peter Lange; Jørgen Vestbo; Børge G. Nordestgaard; Shoaib Afzal
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Predicting exacerbations in COPD in the Danish general population

Respiratory Medicine
2024-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2024.107557
Contributors: Jacob Louis Marott; Truls Sylvan Ingebrigtsen; Yunus Çolak; Jørgen Vestbo; Børge Grønne Nordestgaard; Peter Lange
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Type-2 inflammation and lung function decline in chronic airway disease in the general population

Thorax
2024-01-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/thorax-2023-220972
Contributors: Yunus Çolak; Shoaib Afzal; Jacob Louis Marott; Jørgen Vestbo; Børge Grønne Nordestgaard; Peter Lange
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Undiagnosed (or Unrecognized) Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma: Does Active Case Finding Identify Clinically Impaired Patients with Treatment Potential?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2023-12-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202310-1793ED
Contributors: Yunus Çolak
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Plasma adiponectin and risk of asthma: observational analysis, genetic Mendelian randomisation and meta-analysis

Thorax
2022-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-217675
Contributors: Maria Booth Nielsen; Børge G Nordestgaard; Marianne Benn; Yunus Çolak
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Prognosis of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Not Eligible for Major Clinical Trials

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2022-08-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202110-2441OC
Contributors: Yunus Çolak; Børge G. Nordestgaard; Peter Lange; Jørgen Vestbo; Shoaib Afzal
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Potential clinical implications of targeted spirometry for detection of COPD: A contemporary population-based cohort study

Respiratory Medicine
2022-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2022.106852
Contributors: Yunus Çolak; Børge G. Nordestgaard; Jørgen Vestbo; Shoaib Afzal; Peter Lange
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Risk and impact of chronic cough in obese individuals from the general population

Thorax
2022-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216351
Contributors: Eskild Morten Landt; Yunus Çolak; Børge G Nordestgaard; Peter Lange; Morten Dahl
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Nationwide indoor smoking ban and impact on smoking behaviour and lung function: a two-population natural experiment.

Thorax
2022-03-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218436
PMID: 35277448
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Yunus Çolak

Interpreting blood eosinophil counts in health and obstructive lung disease.

The European respiratory journal
2022-01-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02180-2021
PMID: 35027374
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Yunus Çolak

Exacerbation history, severity of dyspnoea and maintenance treatment predicts risk of future exacerbations in patients with COPD in the general population.

Respiratory medicine
2021-12-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2021.106725
PMID: 34972025
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Yunus Çolak

Estimating dose-response relationships for vitamin D with coronary heart disease, stroke, and all-cause mortality: observational and Mendelian randomisation analyses.

The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology
2021-10-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s2213-8587(21)00263-1
PMID: 34717822
PMC: PMC8600124
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Yunus Çolak

Trajectory of Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry: Natural History and Long-Term Prognosis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2021-10-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202102-0517OC
Contributors: Jacob Louis Marott; Truls Sylvan Ingebrigtsen; Yunus Çolak; Jørgen Vestbo; Peter Lange
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Changes in lung function in European adults born between 1884 and 1996 and implications for the diagnosis of lung disease: a cross-sectional analysis of ten population-based studies.

The Lancet. Respiratory medicine
2021-10-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(21)00313-1
PMID: 34619103
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Yunus Çolak

Low Plasma Adiponectin in Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Observational Analysis and One- and Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Analyses in 756,219 Individuals.

Diabetes
2021-08-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2337/db21-0131
PMID: 34426507
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Yunus Çolak

Supernormal lung function and risk of COPD: A contemporary population-based cohort study.

EClinicalMedicine
2021-06-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100974
PMID: 34195585
PMC: PMC8225980
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Yunus Çolak

Risk of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease in smokers lacks causal evidence.

European journal of epidemiology
2021-06-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-021-00763-3
PMID: 34091767
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Yunus Çolak

Low vitamin D and risk of bacterial pneumonias: Mendelian randomisation studies in two population-based cohorts

Thorax
2021-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-215288
Contributors: Yunus Çolak; Børge G Nordestgaard; Shoaib Afzal
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Importance of Early COPD in Young Adults for Development of Clinical COPD. Findings from the Copenhagen General Population Study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2021-05-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202003-0532OC
Contributors: Yunus Çolak; Shoaib Afzal; Børge G. Nordestgaard; Peter Lange; Jørgen Vestbo
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Occupational inhalant exposures and longitudinal lung function decline.

The European respiratory journal
2021-05-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.04341-2020
PMID: 33958430
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Yunus Çolak

Relationship between supernormal lung function and long-term risk of hospitalisations and mortality: a population-based cohort study

European Respiratory Journal
2021-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.04055-2020
Contributors: Yunus Çolak; Børge G. Nordestgaard; Jørgen Vestbo; Peter Lange; Shoaib Afzal
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Cardiac disease from accelerated FEV<sub>1</sub> decline and acute exacerbations: time to rethink comorbidities in COPD.

The European respiratory journal
2021-03-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.04008-2020
PMID: 33664099
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Yunus Çolak

Low high-density lipoprotein and increased risk of several cancers: 2 population-based cohort studies including 116,728 individuals

Journal of Hematology & Oncology
2020-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13045-020-00963-6
Part of ISSN: 1756-8722
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Yunus Çolak

In Reply: Association between 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Fracture Risk: A Mechanistic Point of View.

Clinical chemistry
2020-12-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/hvaa315
PMID: 33347545
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Yunus Çolak

Comparison of five major airflow limitation criteria to identify high-risk individuals with COPD: a contemporary population-based cohort

Thorax
2020-11-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-214559
Contributors: Yunus Çolak; Børge G Nordestgaard; Jørgen Vestbo; Peter Lange; Shoaib Afzal
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Causal Relationship between Plasma Adiponectin and Body Mass Index: One- and Two-Sample Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Analyses in 460 397 Individuals.

Clinical chemistry
2020-10-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/hvaa227
PMID: 33106853
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Yunus Çolak

In Reply: The Causal Relationship of Total and Free 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Vitamin D Binding Protein with Risk of Osteoporotic Fractures.

Clinical chemistry
2020-09-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/hvaa145
PMID: 32712661
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Yunus Çolak

Lung Function Trajectories Leading to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease as Predictors of Exacerbations and Mortality

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2020-07-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201911-2115OC
Contributors: Jacob Louis Marott; Truls Sylvan Ingebrigtsen; Yunus Çolak; Jørgen Vestbo; Peter Lange
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Morbidity and mortality in carriers of the cystic fibrosis mutation CFTR Phe508del in the general population.

The European respiratory journal
2020-05-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00558-2020
PMID: 32398304
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Yunus Çolak

Tocilizumab and soluble interleukin-6 receptor in JAK2V617F somatic mutation and myeloproliferative neoplasm.

EClinicalMedicine
2020-05-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100337
PMID: 32395710
PMC: PMC7205745
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Yunus Çolak

Smoking, blood cells and myeloproliferative neoplasms: meta‐analysis and Mendelian randomization of 2·3 million people

British Journal of Haematology
2020-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.16321
Contributors: Nimesh A. Jayasuriya; Alisa D. Kjaergaard; Kasper M. Pedersen; Anders L. Sørensen; Marie Bak; Morten K. Larsen; Børge G. Nordestgaard; Stig E. Bojesen; Yunus Çolak; Vibe Skov et al.
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25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Risk of Osteoporotic Fractures: Mendelian Randomization Analysis in 2 Large Population-Based Cohorts.

Clinical chemistry
2020-04-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/hvaa049
PMID: 32255480
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Yunus Çolak

Two-fold risk of pneumonia and respiratory mortality in individuals with myeloproliferative neoplasm: A population-based cohort study.

EClinicalMedicine
2020-04-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100295
PMID: 32280939
PMC: PMC7139101
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Yunus Çolak

Prevalence, Characteristics, and Prognosis of Early Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The Copenhagen General Population Study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2020-03-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201908-1644OC
Contributors: Yunus Çolak; Shoaib Afzal; Børge G. Nordestgaard; Jørgen Vestbo; Peter Lange
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Outcomes consequent to "early" COPD for interventional studies.

The European respiratory journal
2020-03-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00073-2020
PMID: 32165425
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Yunus Çolak

Loss-of-function polymorphism in IL6R reduces risk of JAK2V617F somatic mutation and myeloproliferative neoplasm: A Mendelian randomization study.

EClinicalMedicine
2020-02-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100280
PMID: 32382712
PMC: PMC7201035
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Yunus Çolak

Chronic Cough in Individuals With COPD: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Chest
2020-01-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.12.038
PMID: 31987882
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Yunus Çolak

Fraction of exhaled nitric oxide levels are elevated in people living with HIV compared to uninfected controls suggesting increased eosinophilic airway inflammation.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
2020-01-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz1223
PMID: 31900471
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Yunus Çolak

Prognostic significance of chronic respiratory symptoms in individuals with normal spirometry.

The European respiratory journal
2020-01-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02226-2019
PMID: 31896683
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Yunus Çolak

JAK2-tree: A simple CBC-based decision rule to guide appropriate JAK2 V617F mutation testing

Journal of Clinical Pathology
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2018-205527
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Contributors: Mahe, E.; Pedersen, K.Mø.; Çolak, Y.; Bojesen, S.E.; Lynch, T.; Sinclair, G.; Khan, F.; Shabani-Rad, M.-T.
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Yunus Çolak via Scopus - Elsevier

The long-lasting dark shadow of past and present smoking.

The Lancet. Respiratory medicine
2019-10-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(19)30349-2
PMID: 31606436
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Yunus Çolak

Prognosis of COPD depends on severity of exacerbation history: A population-based analysis

Respiratory Medicine
2019-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2019.07.021
Contributors: Yunus Çolak; Shoaib Afzal; Jacob L. Marott; Børge G. Nordestgaard; Jørgen Vestbo; Truls S. Ingebrigtsen; Peter Lange
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Prognostic significance of chronic respiratory symptoms in individuals with normal spirometry

European Respiratory Journal
2019-06-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00734-2019
Part of ISSN: 0903-1936
Part of ISSN: 1399-3003
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Yunus Çolak

Smoking and Increased White and Red Blood Cells.

Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology
2019-05-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.118.312338
PMID: 30866659
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Yunus Çolak
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Role and Impact of Chronic Cough in Individuals with Asthma From the General Population.

The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice
2019-03-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2019.02.021
PMID: 30836227
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Yunus Çolak
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Combined value of exhaled nitric oxide and blood eosinophils in chronic airway disease: The Copenhagen General Population Study

European Respiratory Journal
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00616-2018
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2-s2.0-85051531164
Contributors: Çolak, Y.; Afzal, S.; Nordestgaard, B.G.; Marott, J.L.; Lange, P.
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Yunus Çolak via Scopus - Elsevier

Low concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin d and long-term prognosis of copd: A prospective cohort study

European Journal of Epidemiology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-018-0393-9
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2-s2.0-85045915004
Contributors: Færk, G.; Çolak, Y.; Afzal, S.; Nordestgaard, B.G.
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Yunus Çolak via Scopus - Elsevier
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