Sommario

• • ·Table of Contents : October 2006

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Societies

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• EDITORIAL

  • ·To Our Readers

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  • ·Announcement of inappropriate acts in the publication process

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  • ·Beyond the pretty pictures: Giving obstetricians just enough (umbilical) cord to hang themselves

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    Laurence E. Stempel

    

• EDITORS' CHOICE

  • ·Quality improvement in gynecologic surgery: The new frontier

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    Karl C. Podratz

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  • ·Four-dimensional ultrasonography of a true knot of the umbilical cord

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    Carlos López Ramón y Cajal, Raquel Ocampo Martínez

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• CLINICAL OPINION

  • ·Translating data to dialogue: How to discuss mode of delivery with your patient with twins

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    Marjorie C. Meyer

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• REVIEW ARTICLES

  • ·Alloimmune thrombocytopenia: State of the art 2006

    Pagina :907-913

    Richard L. Berkowitz, James B. Bussel, Janice G. McFarland

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  • ·Understanding and managing HELLP syndrome: The integral role of aggressive glucocorticoids for mother and child

    Pagina :914-934

    James N. Martin, Carl H. Rose, Christian M. Briery

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• GENERAL OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY: GYNECOLOGY

  • ·Prospective analysis of occurrence and management of breakthrough bleeding during an extended oral contraceptive regimen

    Pagina :935-941

    Patricia J. Sulak, Thomas J. Kuehl, Andrea Coffee, Sherilyn Willis

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  • ·Can we screen for pelvic organ prolapse without a physical examination in epidemiologic studies?

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    Matthew D. Barber, Nikki L. Neubauer, Victoria Klein-Olarte

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  • ·Detection of peritoneal endometriotic lesions by autofluorescence laparoscopy

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    Olaf Buchweitz, Annette Staebler, Joke Tio, Ludwig Kiesel

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  • ·Health care resource use for uterine fibroid tumors in the United States

    Pagina :955-964

    Michael Flynn, Margaret Jamison, Santanu Datta, Evan Myers

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  • ·Validation of a low-cost, liquid-based screening method for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

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    Judy M. Lee, Deidra Kelly, Patti E. Gravitt, Zoya Fansler, John A. Maksem, Douglas P. Clark

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  • ·Analysis of circulating annexin A5 parameters during pregnancy: Absence of differences between women with recurrent spontaneous pregnancy losses and controls

    Pagina :971-978

    Xiao-Xuan Wu, Alan A. Arslan, Rosemary Wein, Chris P. Reutelingsperger, Charles J. Lockwood, Edward Kuczynski, Jacob H. Rand

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  • ·Pathologic expression of p53 or p16 in preoperative curettage specimens identifies high-risk endometrial carcinomas

    Pagina :979-986

    Ingeborg B. Engelsen, Ingunn Stefansson, Lars A. Akslen, Helga B. Salvesen

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  • ·Distribution and immunohistochemical characterization of primary afferent neurons innervating the levator ani muscle of the female squirrel monkey

    Pagina :987-996

    Lisa M. Pierce, Michelle R. Rankin, Raymond T. Foster, Paul C. Dolber, Kimberly W. Coates, Thomas J. Kuehl, Karl B. Thor

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• TRANSACTIONS OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE

  • ·Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine

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  • ·Characterization of progesterone receptor isoform expression in fetal membranes

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    Alyssa A. Mills, Bryan Yonish, Liping Feng, David W. Schomberg, R. Phillips Heine, Amy P. Murtha

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  • ·The use of progestational agents for preterm birth: Lessons from a mouse model

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    Michal A. Elovitz, Conjeevaram Mrinalini

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  • ·17-hydroxyprogesterone caproate reverses induced vasoconstriction of the fetoplacental arteries by the thromboxane mimetic U46619

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    Damian J. Paonessa, Andrea D. Shields, Bobby C. Howard, Jennifer L. Gotkin, Shad H. Deering, Nathan J. Hoeldtke, Peter G. Napolitano

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  • ·Progesterone reduces lipopolysaccharide induced interleukin-6 secretion in fetoplacental chorionic arteries, fractionated cord blood, and maternal mononuclear cells

    Pagina :1015-1019

    Jennifer L. Gotkin, Jeremy Celver, Patrick McNutt, Andrea D. Shields, Bobby C. Howard, Damian J. Paonessa, Peter G. Napolitano

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  • ·The Alabama Preterm Birth Study: Corticosteroids and neonatal outcomes in 23- to 32-week newborns with various markers of intrauterine infection

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    Robert L. Goldenberg, William W. Andrews, Ona M. Faye-Petersen, Suzanne P. Cliver, Alice R. Goepfert, John C. Hauth

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  • ·A rapid MMP-8 bedside test for the detection of intra-amniotic inflammation identifies patients at risk for imminent preterm delivery

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    Jyh Kae Nien, Bo Hyun Yoon, Jimmy Espinoza, Juan Pedro Kusanovic, Offer Erez, Eleazar Soto, Karina Richani, Ricardo Gomez, Sonia Hassan, Moshe Mazor, Sam Edwin, Ray Bahado-Singh, Roberto Romero

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  • ·Maternal corticosteroids to prevent intrauterine exposure to hyperthermia and inflammation: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

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    Laura Goetzl, Israel Zighelboim, Martina Badell, Jose Rivers, Mary Ann Mastrangèlo, David Tweardy, Maya S. Suresh

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  • ·Postnatal inflammatory rat model for cerebral palsy: Too different from humans

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    Robin Roberson, Jade E. Woodard, Laura Toso, Daniel Abebe, Sarah H. Poggi, Catherine Y. Spong

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  • ·Lactate dehydrogenase isoform activity mapping in patients with intra-amniotic infection

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    Lissa K. Magloire, Catalin S. Buhimschi, Christian M. Pettker, Anna K. Sfakianaki, Benjamin D. Hamar, Vineet Bhandari, Irina A. Buhimschi

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  • ·Maternal N-acetylcysteine suppresses fetal inflammatory cytokine responses to maternal lipopolysaccharide

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    Ron Beloosesky, Dave A. Gayle, Michael G. Ross

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  • ·Vaginal versus oral indomethacin in a rabbit model for non-infection–mediated preterm birth: An alternate tocolytic approach

    Pagina :1058-1064

    Wilbert Fortson, Kay D.A. Beharry, Stephen Nageotte, Jeremy H. Sills, Yuri Stavitsky, Tamerou Asrat, Houchang D. Modanlou

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  • ·HPTN 024 study: Histologic chorioamnionitis, antibiotics and adverse infant outcomes in a predominantly HIV-1–infected African population

    Pagina :1065-1074

    Robert L. Goldenberg, Victor Mudenda, Jennifer S. Read, Elizabeth R. Brown, Moses Sinkala, Steve Kamiza, Francis Martinson, Ephata Kaaya, Irving Hoffman, Wafaie Fawzi, Megan Valentine, Taha E. Taha, for the HPTN 024 Study Team

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  • ·Characterization of differential gene expression profiles in diabetic embryopathy using DNA microarray analysis

    Pagina :1075-1080

    E. Albert Reece, Ilwoon Ji, Ying-King Wu, Zhiyong Zhao

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  • ·Transfer of metformin across the dually perfused human placental lobule

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    Tatiana N. Nanovskaya, Ilona A. Nekhayeva, Svetlana L. Patrikeeva, Gary D.V. Hankins, Mahmoud S. Ahmed

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  • ·Periodontal disease and gestational diabetes mellitus

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    Xu Xiong, Pierre Buekens, Sotirios Vastardis, Gabriella Pridjian

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  • ·Glyburide for the management of gestational diabetes: Risk factors predictive of failure and associated pregnancy outcomes

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    Meredith Rochon, Larry Rand, Lisa Roth, Sreedhar Gaddipati

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  • ·Intrapartum maternal glycemic control in women with insulin requiring diabetes: A randomized clinical trial of rotating fluids versus insulin drip

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    Victor A. Rosenberg, Gary S. Eglinton, Eden R. Rauch, Daniel W. Skupski

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  • ·Increased neonatal fat mass, not lean body mass, is associated with maternal obesity

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    Mark F. Sewell, Larraine Huston-Presley, Dennis M. Super, Patrick Catalano

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  • ·Postural equilibrium during pregnancy: Decreased stability with an increased reliance on visual cues

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    Erin E. Butler, Iris Colón, Maurice L. Druzin, Jessica Rose

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  • ·Bone density changes in women who receive thromboprophylaxis in pregnancy

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    Holly Casele, Elaine I. Haney, Andra James, Karen Rosene-Montella, Michael Carson

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  • ·Prevalence of factor V Leiden, prothrombin and methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase mutations in women with adverse pregnancy outcomes in Lebanon

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    Laila F. Zahed, Roni F. Rayes, Rami A. Mahfouz, Ali T. Taher, Huda H. Maarouf, Anwar H. Nassar

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  • ·The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Cesarean Registry: Safety and efficacy of a trial of labor in preterm pregnancy after a prior cesarean delivery

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    Celeste P. Durnwald, Dwight J. Rouse, Kenneth J. Leveno, Catherine Y. Spong, Cora MacPherson, Michael W. Varner, Atef H. Moawad, Steve N. Caritis, Margaret Harper, Ronald J. Wapner, Yoram Sorokin, Menachem Miodovnik, Marshall Carpenter, Alan M. Peaceman, Mary Jo O’Sullivan, Baha Sibai, Oded Langer, John M. Thorp, Susan M. Ramin, Brian M. Mercer, Steven G. Gabbe, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network

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  • ·The MFMU Cesarean Registry: Impact of fetal size on trial of labor success for patients with previous cesarean for dystocia

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    Alan M. Peaceman, Rebecca Gersnoviez, Mark B. Landon, Catherine Y. Spong, Kenneth J. Leveno, Michael W. Varner, Dwight J. Rouse, Atef H. Moawad, Steve N. Caritis, Margaret Harper, Ronald J. Wapner, Yoram Sorokin, Menachem Miodovnik, Marshall Carpenter, Mary J. O’Sullivan, Baha M. Sibai, Oded Langer, John M. Thorp, Susan M. Ramin, Brian M. Mercer, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network

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  • ·The MFMU Cesarean Registry: Impact of time of day on cesarean complications

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    Jennifer L. Bailit, Mark B. Landon, Elizabeth Thom, Dwight J. Rouse, Catherine Y. Spong, Michael W. Varner, Atef H. Moawad, Steve N. Caritis, Margaret Harper, Ronald J. Wapner, Yoram Sorokin, Menachem Miodovnik, Mary J. O’Sullivan, Baha M. Sibai, Oded Langer, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network

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  • ·Vaginal birth after cesarean delivery in twin gestations: A large, nationwide sample of deliveries

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    Abigail A.D. Ford, Brian T. Bateman, Lynn L. Simpson

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  • ·Is vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) or elective repeat cesarean safer in women with a prior vaginal delivery?

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    Alison G. Cahill, David M. Stamilio, Anthony O. Odibo, Jeffrey F. Peipert, Sarah J. Ratcliffe, Erika J. Stevens, Mary D. Sammel, George A. Macones

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  • ·Can uterine rupture in patients attempting vaginal birth after cesarean delivery be predicted?

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    George A. Macones, Alison G. Cahill, David M. Stamilio, Anthony Odibo, Jeffrey Peipert, Erika J. Stevens

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  • ·Antenatal noninvasive treatment of patients at risk for alloimmune thrombocytopenia without a history of intracranial hemorrhage

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    Yoav Yinon, Maya Spira, Ofira Solomon, Boaz Weisz, Benjamin Chayen, Eyal Schiff, Shlomo Lipitz

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  • ·Anti-D in Rh positive pregnancies

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    Mona R. Prasad, Dave Krugh, Karen Q. Rossi, Richard W. O’Shaughnessy

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  • ·Diagnostic accuracy of noninvasive fetal Rh genotyping from maternal blood—A meta-analysis

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    Ossie Geifman-Holtzman, Chad A. Grotegut, John P. Gaughan

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  • ·Impact of the recent randomized trials on the use of progesterone to prevent preterm birth: A 2005 follow-up survey

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    Amen Ness, Todd Dias, Karla Damus, Irina Burd, Vincenzo Berghella

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  • ·Acute and chronic respiratory diseases in pregnancy: Associations with placental abruption

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    Darios Getahun, Cande V. Ananth, Morgan R. Peltier, John C. Smulian, Anthony M. Vintzileos

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• LETTERS TO THE EDITORS

  • ·Inclusion and exclusion criteria of preterm premature rupture of membranes

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    Ken-ichi Shukunami, Koji Nishijima, Fumikazu Kotsuji

    
  • ·Reply

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    Michael Hnat, Brian Mercer

    
  • ·Evidence-based surgery for cesarean delivery—the historic perspective

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    Samuel Lurie

    
  • ·Reply

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    Vincenzo Berghella, Jason Baxter, Suneet Chauhan

    
  • ·Evidence-based surgery for cesarean delivery

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    Samir Hidar, Olivier Irion, Hisham Ramadani, Hédi Khaïri

    
  • ·Reply

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    Vincenzo Berghella, Jason Baxter, Suneet Chauhan

    
  • ·Proper place of laparoscopy in the management of IBS patients

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    István Drozgyik, Miklós Vizer, István Szabó

    
  • ·Reply

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    Rachel Williams, John F. Steege

    
  • ·Uterine artery embolization versus hysterectomy in the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids (EMMY trial)

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    Tetsuya Katsumori, Toshiyuki Kasahara

    
  • ·Reply

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    J.A. Reekers, W.M. Ankum

    
  • ·Occiput posterior fetal head position: Not just vacuum assisted deliveries but primary prevention

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    Ambrogio P. Londero, Flavio Strolego, Franco Londero

    
  • ·Reply

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    Jennifer M. Wu, Anthony G. Visco

    

• CASE REPORTS

  • ·Distal phalange necrosis: A severe manifestation of palmar plantar erythrodysesthesia

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    Innocenza Palaia, Roberto Angioli, Filippo Bellati, Stefano Basile, Carla Rabitti, Pierluigi Benedetti Panici

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  • ·Acute pulmonary edema during tocolytic therapy with nifedipine

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    Ossama M. Abbas, Anwar H. Nassar, Nadim A. Kanj, Ihab M. Usta

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  • ·Ovarian cyst torsion and extreme ovarian stimulation in a premenopausal patient treated with tamoxifen for ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast

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    Andrei Taran, Holm Eggemann, Serban-Dan Costa, Bobbie Smith, Joachim Bischoff

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