Physician Assistant: Reference
Sources
Reference materials can be used to find
background and general information related to the work of physician assistants. Use these resources to clarify the meaning of your topic and to check
for synonyms (similar words) for your topic words.
The following are a few selected reference
resources at Ablah Library. They include both non-clinical resources and
clinical resources for your research. Only the
latest copies are listed here.
NON-CLINICAL RESOURCES
The physician
assistant profession
| Anderson, Susan M. Selected
Annotated Bibliography of the Physician Assistant Profession. 4th
ed. Alexandria, VA: American Academy of Physician
Assistants, 1993. ISBN: 031850054. Call Number:
Z6675 .P4 S44 1984 |
| Ballweg, Ruth et al.
Physician Assistant: A Guide to Clinical Practice. 2d ed.
Philadelphia: Saunders, 2003. Call Number:
R697.P45 P48 2003 |
|
Blessing, J.
Dennis.
Physician Assistants Guide to Research and Medical
Literature. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis, 2006. Call Number:
R697.P45 P488 2006
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|
Carter, Reginald D., and Perry,
Henry B. Alternatives in Health Care Delivery:
Emerging Roles for Physician Assistants. St. Louis: W.
H. Green, 1984. ISBN: 0875273270. Call Number:
R697.P45 A45 1984 |
|
Hooker, Roderick S., and Cawley,
James F. Physician Assistants in American
Medicine. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 2003.
Call Number:
R697.P45 H66 2003
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Education
| Miller,
Anthony A. Albert F. Simon. Appleton & Lange's Review for the Physician Assistant.
Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange, 2002. ISBN: 0071375449. Call Number:
R697.P45 A66 2002 |
|
Rodican, Andrew.
Getting into the PA School of Your Choice. Stamford,
CT: Appleton & Lange, 1998. ISBN: 0838531326. Call Number: R697.P45 R646 1998 |
|
Van Rhee, James.
Physician assistant board review certification and
recertification, 2006. Call Number:
R697.P45 P482 2006 |
|
Auth, Patrick.
Physician assistant review, 2006. Call Number:
R697.P45 P485 2006 |
Ethics and law
| Aspen Health Law and Compliance Center.
Physician Assistant Legal Handbook. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen,
1997. ISBN: 083420925X. Call Number:
KF2915.P45 P49 1997 |
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CLINICAL
RESOURCES
Anatomy and physiology
| Clemente, Carmine. Anatomy: A
Regional Atlas of the Human Body. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins, 2007. Call Number:
QM531 .C57 2007 |
| *McMinn, Robert M. H. et al.
McMinn's Clinical Atlas of Human Anatomy. St. Louis: Mosby, 2008.
ISBN: 9780323036054 Call Number:
QM25 .M23 2008
|
| *Moore, Keith L. Clinically
Oriented Anatomy. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins, 2006. ISBN: 0781736390 (pbk) Call Number:
QM23.2 .M67 2006 |
| *Moore, Keith L, and Persaud T.V.N.
The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology. 7th ed.
Philadelphia: Saunders,2003. ISBN:0721694128 Call Number:
QM601 .M76 2003. |
| Anatomy of the Human Body: Gray's Anatomy. Call Number:
QM23.2 .G73 |
| Gray’s anatomy: the anatomical basis of
medicine and surgery. Call Number:
QM23.2 .G72 |
Allergy and immunology
| Lieberman, Philip. Allergic
Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 1997.
ISBN: 0896033678. Call Number:
RC584 .A343 1997 |
| Patterson, Roy et al.
Allergic Diseases: Diagnosis and Management. 5th ed. Philadelphia:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1985. Call Number:
RC584 .P37 1985 |
Biochemistry
| Devlin, Thomas M. Textbook of
Biochemistry with Clinical Correlations. 5th ed. New York: John
Wiley & Sons, 2002. ISBN: 047115412. Call Number:
QP514.2 .T4 2002 |
Cardiology
| Alexander, R. Wayne et al., eds.
Hurst's the Heart, Arteries and Veins. 9th ed. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1998. ISBN: 007057717X. Call Number:
RC667 .H85 1998 |
| Alpert, Joseph S. Cardiology
for the Primary Care Physician. Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange,
2005. ISBN: 0838515630. Call Number:
RC667 .C3834 2005 |
| Bennett, David. Cardiac
Arrhythmias: Practical Notes on Interpretation and Treatment. 6th
ed. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006. ISBN: 0750633697. Call Number:
RC685.A65 B466 2006 |
| Braunwald, Eugene, ed. Heart
Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 6th ed.
Philadelphia: Saunders, 2001. ISBN: 0721685617. Call Number:
RC681 .H36 2001 |
| Cheitlin, Melvin D. et al., eds.
Clinical Cardiology. 7th ed. Stamford, CT: Appleton; 2000.
ISBN: 08338513859. (WSU owns 6th and other older editions Call Number:
RC681 .S76 1993) |
| Erickson, Barbara. Heart
Sounds and Murmurs: A Practical Guide with Audiotape. 4th ed. St.
Louis: Mosby, 2003. Call Number:
RC683.5.A9 E73 2003 |
| Goldberger, Ary L. Clinical
Electrocardiography: A Simplified Approach. 7th ed. St. Louis:
Mosby, 2006. ISBN: 033002528. Call Number:
RC683.5.E5 G593 2006 |
| Goldman, Lee, and Braunwald, Eugene,
eds. Primary Cardiology. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2003.
ISBN: 0721664024. Call Number:
RC681 .P72 2003 |
Clinical procedures
| Labus, James B. The
Physician Assistant Medical Handbook. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2004.
ISBN:
0721697860. Call Number:
R697.P45 P484 2004.
|
| Lewke, Gillian et al.
Physician Assistant: Pearls of Wisdom. Lincoln, NE: Boston Medical
Publishers, 1998. ISBN: 1890369055. Call Number:
R697.P45 E43 2004 |
| Springhouse Corporation.
Physician Assistant's Clinical Companion. Springhouse, PA:
Springhouse Publishing Company, 2000. ISBN: 1582550050. Call Number:
R697.P45 P487 2000 |
Critical Care
| Bone, Roger et al. Bone's
Atlas of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Philadelphia:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005. ISBN: 0683304860. Call Number:
RC735.R48 B66 2005 |
| Marini, John J., and Wheller, Arthur P.
Critical Care Medicine: The Essentials. 3d ed. Philadelphia:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006. Call Number:
RC86.8 .M386 2006 |
| Parrillo, Joseph E., and Bone, Roger
C., eds. Critical Care Medicine: Principles of Diagnosis and
Management (2nd ed). St. Louis: Mosby, 2002. Call Number:
RC86.7 .C744 2002 |
Dermatology
| Goldstein, Beth G., and Goldstein, Adam
O. Practical Dermatology. 2d ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1997.
ISBN: 0815137648. Call Number:
RL71 .G62 1997 |
| Habif, Thomas P. Clinical
Dermatology: A Color Guide to Diagnosis and Therapy. 3d ed. St.
Louis: Mosby, 1996. ISBN: 0815142420. |
| Hall, John C., ed. Sauer's
Manual of Skin Diseases. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams
& Wilkins, 2000. ISBN: 0781716292. Call Number:
RL81 .H3 1996 |
| Usatine, Richard P. et al.
Skin Surgery: A Practical Guide. St. Louis: Mosby, 1998.
ISBN: 0815173628. Call Number:
RD520 .S58 1998 |
Diagnosis
| Talley, Nicholas J. and Simon O'Connor.
Clinical examination : a
systematic guide to physical diagnosis, London : Elsevier, 2006. ISBN: 0729537625Call Number:
RC76 .T35 2006 |
| Bickley, Lynn S., and Hoekelman, Robert
A. Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking.
7th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1998. ISBN:
0781716551. Call Number:
RC76 .B37 1999 |
| Mangione, Salvatore. Physical diagnosis secrets, 2nd ed.
Philadelphia, PA : Mosby/Elsevier, c2008. ISBN: 0323034675. Call Number:
RC76 .P524 2008 |
| Zatouroff, Michael.
Diagnosis in Color: Physical Signs in General Medicine. 2d ed. St.
Louis: Mosby, 1996. ISBN: 0723423261. Call Number:
RC76 .Z28 1996 |
Emergency medicine
| Edwards, Libby. Dermatology
in Emergency Care. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1997. ISBN:
0443079528. Call Number:
RL72 .E39 1997 |
| Knoop, Kevin J. et al. Atlas
of Emergency Medicine. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002. ISBN:
007035202X. Call Number:
RC86.7 .A85 2002 |
| Rosen, Peter et al., eds.
Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 4th ed. St.
Louis: Mosby, 1998. ISBN: 0815137745. Call Number:
RC86.7 .E5784 1998 |
| Simon, Robert R. Orthopedics in emergency medicine : the extremities. 3d ed. Stamford, CT: Appleton &
Lange; 1995. ISBN: 0838522084. Call Number:
RD551 .S55 |
| Simon, Robert R, and Brenner, Barry E.
Emergency Procedures and Techniques. 3d ed. Philadelphia:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1994. ISBN: 0683077384. Call Number:
RC86.7 .S54 1994 |
| Salyer, Steven W. The
Physician Assistant Emergency Medicine Handbook. Philadelphia:
Saunders, 1997. ISBN: 0721658695. Call Number:
RC86.8 .S25 1997 |
Gastroenterology
| Feldman, Mark, ed. Essential
Atlas of Gastroenterology and Hepatology for Primary Care. New
York: Churchill Livingstone, 1998. ISBN: 0443078629. Call Number:
RC807 .E87 1998 |
| Wu, George Y., and Israel, Jonathan.
Diseases of the Liver and Bile Ducts: Diagnosis and Treatment.
Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 1998. ISBN: 0896034313. Call Number:
RC845 .D556 1998 |
Geriatrics
| Hazzard, William R. et al., eds.
Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. 3th ed. New
York: McGraw-Hill, 1994. Call Number:
RC952 .P752 1994 |
| Kane, Robert L. et al.
Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill,
1994. Call Number:
RC952 .K36 1994 |
| Sloan, John P. Protocols in
Primary Care Geriatrics. 2d ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1997.
ISBN: 038794690X. Call Number:
RC952 .S56 1997 |
Hematology
| Embury, Stephen H., ed.
Sickle Cell Disease: Basic Principles and Clinical Practice.
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1994. ISBN:
0781701422. Call Number:
RC641.7.S5 S56 1994 |
| Hillman, Robert S., and Ault, Ken A.
Hematology in Clinical Practice: Guide to Diagnosis and Management.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005. ISBN: 0071440356 Call Number:
RC636 .H46 2005
|
Internal medicine
| Andreoli, Thomas E. et al.
Cecil Essentials of Medicine. 6th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2004. Call Number:
RC46 .C42 2004 |
| Harrison, Tinsely Randolph. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 16th ed. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2005. Call Number:
RC46 .H32
(15th ed. is also available as an
electronic resource) |
| Ferri, Fred F. Practical
Guide to the Care of the Medical Patient. 5th ed. St. Louis: Mosby,
2001. ISBN: 0323012841. Call Number:
RC55 .P84 2001 |
| Fishman, Mark et al.
Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
2004. ISBN: 0781725437. Call Number:
RC46 .M4758 2004 |
| Hurst, John Willis et al.
Medicine for the Practicing Physician. 4th ed. Stamford, CT:
Appleton & Lange, 1996. ISBN: 0838563171. Call Number:
RC46 .M4776 1996 |
| Kelley, William N., and Dupont, Herbert
L. Textbook of Internal Medicine. 3d ed. Philadelphia:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1997. ISBN: 039751283X (1-vol
ed.). Call Number:
RC46 .T329 1997 |
Infectious Diseases
| Katz, Samuel L. et al.
Krugman's Infectious Diseases of Children. 11th ed. St. Louis:
Mosby, 2004. ISBN: 0323017568. Call Number:
RJ401 .K7 2004
|
| Mandell, Gerald L., and Bleck, Thomas
P. Essential Atlas of Infectious Diseases.
New York: Churchill Livingstone, 2004. ISBN:
1573402141. |
| Stone, David R., and Gorbach, Sherwood
L. Atlas of Infectious Diseases. Philadelphia: Saunders,
2000. ISBN: 0721670326. Call Number:
RC113.2 .S76 2000 |
Neurology
| Adams, Raymond D. Principles
of Neurology. 8th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005. Call Number:
RC346 .A3 2005 |
| Gilman, Sid. Clinical
Examination of the Nervous System. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
ISBN: 0070242526. Call Number: RC348 .C635 2000 |
| Rosenberg, Roger N., ed.
Atlas of Clinical Neurology. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998.
ISBN: 075069221. (not currently owned by WSU) |
| Rowland, Lewis P. Merritt's
Textbook of Neurology. 9th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins, 1989. Call Number:
RC346 .M4 1989 |
Obstetrics and
gynecology/women's health
| Beckman, Charles R. B. et al.
Obstetrics and Gynecology. 3d ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins, 1998. ISBN: 0683303910. (not currently owned by
WSU) |
| Dickey, Richard P. Managing
Contraceptive Pill Patients. 13th ed. Durant, OK: EMIS, Inc., 2007. Call Number:
RG137.5 .D5 2007
|
| Kass-Annese, Barbara.
Management of the Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Woman: A Total
Wellness Program. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
1999. ISBN: 0781716543. Call Number:
RG186 .K364 1999 |
| Scott, James R. et al.
Danforth's Obstetrics and Gynecology. 9th ed. Philadelphia:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003. ISBN: 0781737303. Call Number:
RG110 .D36 2003 |
| Seltzer, Vicki, and Pearse, Warren H.
Women's Primary Health Care: Office Practice and Procedures. 2d
ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 2000. ISBN: 0070580448. (not currently owned
by WSU) |
| Zerbe, Kathryn, eds. Women's
Mental Health. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 2002. Call Number:
R11 .P747 v.29 no.1 Mar. 2002 |
Occupational
medicine/toxicology
| Goldfrank, Lewis R. et al.
Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies. 6th ed. Stamford, CT: Appleton
& Lange, 2006. Call Number: RA1219 .T68 2006 |
| LaDou, J. Occupational and
Environmental Medicine. 3d ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. ISBN: 0838572162. Call Number:
R11 .P747 v.27 no.4 Dec. 2000 |
Oncology
| Boyer, Katherine L. et al.
Primary Care Oncology. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1999. ISBN:
0721673163. Call Number:
RC261 .P725 1999 |
Ophthalmology
| Galloway, N. R., and Amoaku, W. M.
Common Eye Diseases and Their Management. 2d ed. New York:
Springer-Verlag, 2006. Call Number:
RE46 .G34 2006 |
Pain Medicine
| McCaffery, Margo, and Pasero,
Christine. Pain: Clinical Manual. 2d ed. St. Louis:
Mosby, 1999. ISBN: 081515609X. Call Number:
RT87.P35 M325 1999 |
| Raj, P. Prithvi, ed.
Practical Management of Pain. 3d ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2000.
ISBN: 0815125690. Call Number: RB127 .P73 2000 |
Pathology
| Chandrasoma, Parakrama, and Taylor,
Clive R. Concise Pathology. 2nd ed. Stamford, CT:
Appleton & Lange, 1995. Call Number:
RB25 .C53 1995 |
| Cotran, Ramzi et al., eds.
Robbin's Pathologic Basis of Disease. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1994. Call Number:
RB111 .R62 1994 |
Pediatrics
| Barone, Michael A., ed. The
Harriet Lane Handbook: A Manual for Pediatric House Officers. 17th
ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2005. Call Number:
RJ48 .H35 2005 |
| Behrman, Richard E. et al.
Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 16th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders,
2000. ISBN: 0721677673. Call Number:
RJ45 .N4 2000 |
| Bergman, Abraham B. 20
Common Problems in Pediatrics. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. ISBN: 0071349014. Call Number:
RJ47 .A15 2001 |
| Gomella, Tricia Lacy et al.
Neonatology: Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases and
Drugs. 5th ed. Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange, 2004. Call Number:
RJ253 .N465 2004
|
| Hoekelman, Robert A. Primary
Pediatric Care. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2001. Call Number:
RJ45 .P673 2001 |
| Round, Jonathan. Paediatrics:
Key Questions Answered. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
ISBN: 0192629042. Call Number:
RJ80 .R68 1999 |
| Rudolph, Abraham M. et al.
Rudolph's Pediatrics. 21st ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. Call Number:
RJ45 .R87 2003 |
| Strange, Gary, and Cooper, Arthur.
APLS: the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Course. 4th ed. Elk
Grove IL: American Academy of Pediatrics,2004. ISBN: 0763733164. Call Number:
RJ370 .A34 2004 |
Pharmacology
| Hardman, Joel G. et al.
Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics.
10th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002. ISBN: 0071354697. Call Number:
RM300 G644 2001 |
| Asperheim, Mary Kaye.
Introduction to pharmacology 10th ed. St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier
Saunders, c2005. Call Number:
RM300 .A8 2005 |
| Gutierrez, Kathleen.
Pharmacotherapeutics : clinical reasoning in primary care 2nd ed.
St. Louis, MO : Saunders Elsevier, c2008. Call Number:
RM262 .P478 2008 |
Psychiatry
| American Psychiatric Association.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV.
4th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 1994. ISBN:
0890420610.
RC455.2.C4 D536 2000 |
| Kaplan, Harold I., and Sadock, Benjamin
J. Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry: Behavioral
Sciences/Clinical Psychiatry. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins, 1998. ISBN: 0683303309. Call Number:
RC454 .K35 1998 |
| Klykylo, William M. et al.
Clinical Child Psychiatry. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1998.
ISBN: 0721638406. Call Number:
RJ499 .C555 1998 |
| Shea, Shawn Christopher.
Psychiatric Interviewing: The Art of Understanding: A Practical Guide
for Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Nurses and
Other Mental Health Professionals. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Saunders,
1998. ISBN: 0721670113. (WSU owns the 1st 1988 edition: Call Number:
RC480.7 .S54 1988) |
Primary care/family practice
| Weiss, Barry D. 20 Common
Problems in Primary Care. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999. ISBN: 0070696098
. Call Number:
RC48 .A14 1999 |
| Goroll, Allan H. et al.
Primary Care Medicine: Office Evaluation and Management of the Adult
Patient. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
2006. ISBN: 078174878X. Call Number:
RC46 .G56 2006 |
| Moore, Stephen, ed.
Griffith's Instructions for Patients. 5th ed. Philadelphia:
Saunders, 1994. Call Number:
RC81 .G835 1994 |
| Moser, Rodney L. Primary
Care for Physician Assistants: Self-Assessment and Review. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001. Call Number:
R847 .P753 2001 |
| Singleton, Joanne K. Primary
Care. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999. ISBN: 0781710413. Call Number:
RA427.9 .P74 1999 |
| Sloane, Philip D. Essentials
of Family Medicine. 3d ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins, 1998. ISBN: 0683301470. Call Number:
RC46 .E88 1998 |
| Taylor, Robert B. et al., eds.
Family Medicine: Principles and Practice. 6th ed. New York:
Springer-Verlag, 2003. Call Number:
RC46 .F36 2003 |
Preventive medicine
| Matzen, Richard, and Lang, Richard S.
Clinical Preventive Medicine. St. Louis: Mosby, 2004. ISBN:
1579474179. Call Number:
RA427.9 .C55 2004
|
| Muma, Richard D. et al.
Patient Education: A Practical Approach. New York: McGraw-Hill,
1996. ISBN: 0838520391. Call Number:
R727.4 .P347 1996 |
Pulmonary medicine
| Davis, Gerald S. Medical
Management of Pulmonary Diseases. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1999. (electronic
resource) |
| West, John B. Pulmonary
Pathophysiology: The Essentials, 5th ed. Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins, 1998. ISBN: 0683302256. Call Number:
RC732 .W47 1998 |
Rheumatology
| Hochberg, Marc C. Practical rheumatology. Philadelphia : Mosby,
2004. ISBN: 0323029396. Call Number:
RC927 .P73 2004 |
Surgery
| Greenfield, Lazar J. et al.
Surgery : scientific principles and practice. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001. ISBN:
0781722543. Call Number:
RD31 .S87 2001 |
| Labus, James B. The
Physician Assistant Surgical Handbook. Philadelphia: Saunders,
1998. ISBN: 0721668151. Call Number:
RD37 .L33 1998 |
| Lawrence, Peter F.
Essentials of General Surgery. 4th. ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins, 2006. Call Number:
RD31 .E747 2006 |
| Sabiston, David C., Jr.
Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice.
16th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2004. ISBN: 0721692796 Call Number:
RD31 .S234 2004 |
| Schwartz, Seymour I.
Principles of Surgery. 7th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill 1999.
ISBN: 0070542562. (WSU owns
1989 5th edition; also see the 1999 companion handbook available as
an
electronic resource) |
Urology
| Greenberg, Arthur. Primer
on Kidney Diseases. 4th. ed. San Diego: Academic Press, 2005. Call Number:
RC902 .P75 2005 |
| Schrier, Robert W. Renal
and Electrolyte Disorders. 6th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins, 2003. Call Number:
RC902 .R366 2003 |
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