Oakstone Samuels Comprehensive Review of Neurology
65 One-Hour Lectures Across the Full Spectrum of Clinical Neurology
A broad, evidence-based neurology review covering common and uncommon disorders, practical diagnostic strategy, clinical management, and high-yield pearls across cognitive neurology, movement disorders, stroke, neurocritical care, neuromuscular medicine, epilepsy, MS, cancer neurology, infections, and more.
Discover the latest across the full spectrum of neurology
The Samuels Comprehensive Review of Neurology includes 65 one-hour lectures and offers a broad, evidence-based look at common and less commonly seen disorders, along with best practices in diagnosis and management.
Authoritative and clinically experienced faculty share practical pearls, pitfalls, imaging and laboratory strategies, and updates designed to strengthen real-world neurological care.
The program is named for the late Dr. Martin A. Samuels, a long-time educator and contributor in the field of neurology.
- Review high-yield adult neurology across major subspecialties
- Strengthen diagnostic reasoning and appropriate use of imaging and laboratory testing
- Update treatment approaches for common and complex neurologic disorders
- Study both inpatient and outpatient neurological care
- Prepare with a broad review useful for senior residents, fellows, and practicing neurologists
Four Major Review Tracks
A structured way to navigate the breadth of the 65-lecture curriculum.
Cognitive, Behavioral & Movement
Dementia, encephalopathy, neuropsychiatry, Parkinson’s disease, hyperkinetic disorders, ataxia, and FND.
Acute & Critical Neurology
Stroke, hemorrhage, neurointensive care, coma, cardiac-arrest prognostication, and status epilepticus.
Neuromuscular, MS & Epilepsy
ALS, neuropathy, myopathy, NMJ disease, MS, NMOSD, MOGAD, epilepsy, EEG, and sleep.
Systemic & Special Topics
Cancer neurology, infections, toxicology, women’s neurology, sports neurology, palliative care, ethics, and global neurology.
What You Will Learn
Twelve learning objectives listed in the supplied course content.
Who Should Participate
Designed specifically for dedicated neurological professionals.
Complete Topics & Speakers
Open each neurological specialty section to review the individual lectures and faculty.
Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology 5 Lectures
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Lecture
Kirk R. Daffner, MD
Evaluation of Cognitive Disorders and Dementia
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Lecture
Seth Gale, MD
Alzheimer's Disease
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Lecture
Scott McGinnis, MD
Rapidly Progressive Dementias and Encephalopathies
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Lecture
Gaston Baslet, MD
Neuropsychiatry: An Introduction
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Lecture
Haythum Tayeb, MBChB
Preventive Brain Health
Sensory Complaints 2 Lectures
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Lecture
Angeliki Vgontzas, MD
Headache
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Lecture
Lauren Krupp, MD
Fatigue
Movement Disorders 6 Lectures
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Lecture
Albert Hung, MD, PhD
Parkinson's Disease: Medical Treatment
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Lecture
Vishad Sukul, MD
Parkinson's Disease: Surgical Treatment
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Lecture
Edison K. Miyawaki, MD
Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders
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Lecture
Mark Hallett, MD
Functional Movement Disorders
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Lecture
Jeremy Schmahmann, MD
Ataxia
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Lecture
Katherine Amodeo, MD
Atypical Parkinsonism, MSA, Lewy Body Disease, and Corticobasal Syndrome
Stroke & Neurocritical Care 6 Lectures
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Stroke
Steven K. Feske, MD
Prevention of Stroke
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Stroke
Galen V. Henderson, MD
Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke
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Stroke
Matthew B. Bevers, MD, PhD
Management of Hemorrhagic Stroke
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Neurocritical Care
Stephan Mayer, MD
Principles of Neurointensive Care
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Neurocritical Care
David Greer, MD
Neuroprognostication After Cardiac Arrest
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Neurocritical Care
Brian Edlow, MD
Coma and Disorders of Consciousness
Neuromuscular & Spinal Cord Disorders 6 Lectures
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Lecture
Colin Quinn, MD
ALS – Diagnosis and Treatment
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Lecture
Christopher Doughty, MD
Approach to Neuropathy
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Lecture
David C. Preston, MD
Entrapment Neuropathies
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Lecture
Robert M. Pascuzzi, MD
Myopathies and Neuromuscular Junction Disorders
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Lecture
David C. Preston, MD
Neuromuscular Ultrasound
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Lecture
Shamik Bhattacharyya, MD, MS
Spinal Cord Disorders
MS, Epilepsy & Sleep Disorders 8 Lectures
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Multiple Sclerosis
Stephanie Gandelman, MD
Multiple Sclerosis
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Multiple Sclerosis
Michael Levy, MD, PhD
NMOSD and MOG Antibody Disease
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Epilepsy
Tracey A. Milligan, MD
Medical Treatment of Epilepsy
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Epilepsy
Ellen J. Bubrick, MD
Non-Pharmacologic Treatments for Epilepsy
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Epilepsy
Jong Woo Lee, MD, PhD
Status Epilepticus
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Epilepsy
Daniel Friedman, MD
Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
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Epilepsy
Lawrence J. Hirsch, MD
Critical Care EEG Monitoring
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Sleep Disorders
Tracey A. Milligan, MD
Sleep Disorders
Neuro-Ophthalmology, Otology, Pain & Autonomic 6 Lectures
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Lecture
Robert M. Mallery, MD
Disorders of Vision
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Lecture
Sashank Prasad, MD
Disorders of Pupils and Eye Movements
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Lecture
Martin A. Samuels, MD
Dizziness and Imbalance
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Lecture
Nitin Sekhri, MD
Local Nerve Blocks for Pain
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Lecture
Shamik Bhattacharyya, MD, MS
Back and Neck Pain
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Lecture
Christopher Gibbons, MD, MMSc
Autonomic Disorders
Neurology of Systemic Diseases, Cancer & Infections 12 Lectures
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Neurology of Systemic Diseases
Shamik Bhattacharyya, MD, MS
Autoimmune Encephalitis and Paraneoplastic Syndromes
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Neurology of Systemic Diseases
Joshua P. Klein, MD, PhD
Principles and Practice of Hospital Neurology
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Neurology of Systemic Diseases
Shamik Bhattacharyya, MD, MS
Neuro-Rheumatology
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Neurology of Systemic Diseases
Robert Laureno, MD
Neurological Manifestations of Electrolyte Disorders
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Neurology of Systemic Diseases
Martin A. Samuels, MD
Frightened to Death - Lessons of Neurocardiology
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Cancer Neurology
Luis Nicolas Gonzalez-Castro, MD, PhD
Principles of Diagnosis and Management of Gliomas
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Cancer Neurology
Lakshmi Nayak, MD
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
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Cancer Neurology
J. Ricardo McFaline-Figueroa, MD, PhD
Metastases to the Nervous System
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Cancer Neurology
Amy A. Pruitt, MD
Neurological Aspects of Systemic Cancer
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Cancer Neurology
Synphen Wu, MD
Neurological Complications of Checkpoint Inhibitor & CAR-T Cell Therapies
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Infectious Diseases
Karen L. Roos, MD
Neurological Infectious Diseases
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Infectious Diseases
Giovanna Manzano, MD
Neurology of COVID-19 Infection
Special Topics 14 Lectures
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Lecture
Michael E. Charness, MD
Neurology of Alcohol
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Lecture
Shahed Toossi, MD
Neurology of Substance Use Disorders
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Lecture
Timothy B. Erickson, MD
Neurotoxicology
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Lecture
Kate Brizzi, MD
Palliative Care of the Neurological Patient
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Lecture
Mary A. O’Neal, MD
Contemporary Issues in Women’s Neurology
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Lecture
Claus Reinsberger, MD
Sports Neurology – Concussion Care and Beyond
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Lecture
Barbara A. Dworetzky, MD
Functional Neurological Disorders – Seizures/Attacks
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Lecture
Amar Dhand, MD, DPhil
Social Networks in Neurology
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Lecture
Aaron L. Berkowitz, MD, PhD
Neurology in Global Context
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Lecture
Aaron L. Berkowitz, MD, PhD
Review of Clinical Neuroanatomy
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Lecture
José Biller, MD
Iatrogenic Neurology
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Lecture
Martin A. Samuels, MD
How Neurologists Think – What My Mistakes Taught Me
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Lecture
Mill Etienne, MD
Structural and Social Determinants of Neurological Disorders
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Lecture
Benjamin Tolchin, MD
Ethical Issues in Neurology
Course Directors
Leadership from experienced neurology educators.
Tracey A. Milligan, MD, MS, FAAN, FAES, FANA
Course DirectorProfessor and Chair, Department of Neurology New York Medical College Director of Neurology, Westchester Medical Center Health Network Valhalla, NY · Martin A. Samuels, MD · Miriam Sydney Joseph Distinguished Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School Founding Chair, Emeritus, Department of Neurology Mass General Brigham Boston, MA
Martin A. Samuels, MD
Course DirectorMiriam Sydney Joseph Distinguished Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School Founding Chair, Emeritus, Department of Neurology Mass General Brigham Boston, MA
Distinguished Faculty
Faculty represent a wide range of neurology subspecialties and academic institutions.
Katherine Amodeo, MD
Movement Disorder Specialist, Westchester Medical Center Assistant Professor of Neurology, NYMC, Valhalla, NY
Gaston Baslet, MD
Chief, Division of Neuropsychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Aaron L. Berkowitz, MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Neurology UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Matthew Bevers, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Assoc. Director, Neurosciences ICU, Brigham and Women’s, Boston, MA
José Biller, MD, FACP, FAAN, FANA, FAHA
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology Stritch School of Medicine – Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL
Shamik Bhattacharyya, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Associate Neurologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Kate Brizzi, MD
Department of Neurology, Division of Palliative Care Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Ellen J. Bubrick, MD
Associate Chair of Neurology, Quality and Safety Director, Epilepsy Surgery Program, Brigham and Women’s, Boston, MA
Michael E. Charness, MD
Chief of Staff, VA Boston Healthcare System Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School & Boston University
Kirk R. Daffner, MD
Chief, Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Amar Dhand, MD, DPhil
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Christopher Doughty, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Clinical Director, Neuromuscular Disorders, Brigham and Women’s, Boston
Barbara A. Dworetzky, MD
Chief, Epilepsy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Brian L. Edlow, MD
Neurocritical Care Faculty, Massachusetts General Hospital Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Timothy B. Erickson, MD, FACEP, FACMT
Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School Division of Medical Toxicology, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA
Mill Etienne, MD, MPH, FAAN, FANA, FAES
Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion, NYMC Chief of Neurology, Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, NY
Steven K. Feske, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Boston University Chief, Stroke Division, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
Daniel Friedman, MD, MS
Professor of Neurology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine Associate Director, NYU Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Seth Gale, MD
Co-Director, Brain Health Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Stephanie Gandelman, MD
Attending Physician, MS/Neuroimmunology Department of Neurology, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY
Christopher Gibbons, MD, MMSc
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Director, BIDMC Neurocutaneous Laboratory, Boston, MA
L. Nicolas Gonzalez Castro, MD
Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
David Greer, MD, MA
Professor and Chair of Neurology Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Mark Hallett, MD
Past President, Functional Neurological Disorder Society Distinguished NIH Investigator Emeritus, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Galen V. Henderson, MD, FNCS
Divisions of Neurocritical Care and Stroke, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Lawrence J. Hirsch, MD, FAAN, FANA, FACNS, FAES
Professor of Neurology, Chief, Division of Epilepsy and EEG Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Albert Hung, MD, PhD
Clinical Director, MGH Movement Disorders Division Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Joshua P. Klein, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Hospital Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Assoc. Professor of Neurology & Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Lauren Krupp, MD
Director, NYU Langone MS Comprehensive Care Center Professor of Neurology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Robert Laureno, MD
Professor, Department of Neurology Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Jong Woo Lee, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School The Edward B. Bromfield Epilepsy Program, BWH, Boston, MA
Michael Levy, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Robert M. Mallery, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Giovanna S. Manzano, MD
Neuroimmunologist/MS Specialist, Massachusetts General Hospital Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Stephan A. Mayer, MD
Director of Neurocritical Care, WMC Health Network Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, NYMC, Valhalla, NY
J. Ricardo McFaline-Figueroa, MD, PhD
Physician, Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Scott McGinnis, MD
Associate Neurologist, Center for Brain/Mind Medicine, BWH Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Edison K. Miyawaki, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Associate Neurologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Lakshmi Nayak, MD
Director, Center for CNS Lymphoma, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Mary Angela O’Neal, MD
Chief of General Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Robert M. Pascuzzi, MD
Emeritus Professor of Neurology Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Sashank Prasad, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Division of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Brigham and Women’s, Boston, MA
David C. Preston, MD
Professor of Neurology, Vice Chairman, Program Director University Hospitals of Cleveland, CWRU, Cleveland, OH
Amy A. Pruitt, MD
William N. Kelley Professor of Neurology, Vice Chair for Education Perelman School of Medicine at UPenn, Philadelphia, PA
Colin Quinn, MD
Director, Neuromuscular Clinical Trials Associate Professor of Neurology, UPenn, Philadelphia, PA
Claus Reinsberger, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Sports Neurology & Neurosciences Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA
Karen L. Roos, MD
John and Nancy Nelson Professor of Neurology Emerita University of Indiana School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Jeremy D. Schmahmann, MD
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Founding Director, Ataxia Center, MGH, Boston, MA
Nitin K. Sekhri, MD
Medical Director, Pain Management, WMC Health Network Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, NYMC, Valhalla, NY
Michael H. Silber, MBChB
Professor of Neurology, Dept of Neurology and Center for Sleep Medicine Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN
Vishad Sukul, MD, FAANS
Section Chief, Functional and Epilepsy Neurosurgery Associate Professor, NYMC, Valhalla, NY
Haythum O. Tayeb, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia / WMC, Valhalla, NY
Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS, HEC-C
Associate Professor of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine Director, Yale New Haven Health Center for Clinical Ethics, New Haven, CT
Shahed Toossi, MD
Director, Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Angeliki Vgontzas, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Associate Neurologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Synphen Wu, MD, PhD
Neuro-Oncologist, Department of Neurology Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
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How long will I have access to the materials?
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Is this review suitable for board preparation?
The source describes the review as suitable for senior neurology residents preparing for initial board certification and for practicing neurologists undertaking maintenance-of-certification review.
What is included in the course files?
The supplied page lists 65 video lectures, 2 PDF companion documents, and a total library size of 16.5 GB.
Review the full spectrum of clinical neurology in one comprehensive course
Study 65 expert-led lectures covering cognition, movement disorders, stroke, neurocritical care, neuromuscular disease, MS, epilepsy, cancer neurology, infections, toxicology, women’s neurology, ethics, and more.
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