Nathan John Robison, MD

Title(s)Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
SchoolKeck School of Medicine of Usc
AddressCHL Mail Stop 54
Off Campus
Los Angeles CA 90089
Phone+1 323 361 4629
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    After completing his residency and fellowship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Dr. Robison completed an additional fellowship in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology at the Dana-Farber / Children’s Hospital Cancer Center in Boston. He served as clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School and attending staff in the Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children’s Hospital from 2010 to 2013.

    In April 2013 he joined the faculty of the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine as assistant professor of pediatrics, and now serves as attending staff in the Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

    Dr. Robison's primary research focus is developing clinical trials that test new strategies in the treatment of children with brain tumors. Specific areas of interest include molecular targeted treatment of low-grade glioma, diffuse pontine glioma, and medulloblastoma; novel treatments targeting the tumor microenvironment, including antiangiogenic and immunomodulatory strategies; and neurofibromatosis.

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    1. ReNeu: A Pivotal, Phase IIb Trial of Mirdametinib in Adults and Children With Symptomatic Neurofibromatosis Type 1-Associated Plexiform Neurofibroma. J Clin Oncol. 2024 Nov 08; JCO2401034. Moertel CL, Hirbe AC, Shuhaiber HH, Bielamowicz K, Sidhu A, Viskochil D, Weber MD, Lokku A, Smith LM, Foreman NK, Hajjar FM, McNall-Knapp RY, Weintraub L, Antony R, Franson AT, Meade J, Schiff D, Walbert T, Ambady P, Bota DA, Campen CJ, Kaur G, Klesse LJ, Maraka S, Moots PL, Nevel K, Bornhorst M, Aguilar-Bonilla A, Chagnon S, Dalvi N, Gupta P, Khatib Z, Metrock LK, Nghiemphu PL, Roberts RD, Robison NJ, Sadighi Z, Stapleton S, Babovic-Vuksanovic D, Gershon TR, ReNeu Trial Investigators, ReNeu Study Investigators. PMID: 39514826.
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    2. Lack of classical astroblastoma features in pediatric MN1::BEND2-fused brain tumors. Brain Pathol. 2024 Sep 05; e13297. Chapman N, Iqbal M, Walker AD, Hawes D, Davidson TB, Robison N, Tamrazi B, Ji J, Krieger MD, Cotter JA. PMID: 39237118.
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    3. Resistance, rebound, and recurrence regrowth patterns in pediatric low-grade glioma treated by MAPK inhibition: A modified Delphi approach to build international consensus-based definitions-International Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma Coalition. Neuro Oncol. 2024 Aug 05; 26(8):1357-1366. O'Hare P, Cooney T, de Blank P, Gutmann DH, Kieran M, Milde T, Fangusaro J, Fisher M, Avula S, Packer R, Fukuoka K, Mankad K, Mueller S, Waanders AJ, Opocher E, Bouffet E, Raabe E, Werle NE, Azizi AA, Robison NJ, Hernáiz Driever P, Russo M, Schouten N, van Tilburg CM, Sehested A, Grill J, Bandopadhayay P, Kilday JP, Witt O, Ashley DM, Ertl-Wagner BB, Tabori U, Hargrave DR. PMID: 38743009; PMCID: PMC11300023.
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    4. Effective re-induction regimen for children with recurrent medulloblastoma. Neurooncol Adv. 2024 Jan-Dec; 6(1):vdae070. O'Halloran K, Phadnis S, Friedman GK, Metrock K, Davidson TB, Robison NJ, Tamrazi B, Cotter JA, Dhall G, Margol AS. PMID: 38863988; PMCID: PMC11165644.
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    5. Consensus framework for conducting phase I/II clinical trials for children, adolescents, and young adults with pediatric low-grade glioma: Guidelines established by the International Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma Coalition Clinical Trial Working Group. Neuro Oncol. 2024 03 04; 26(3):407-416. Mueller S, Fangusaro J, Thomas AO, Jacques TS, Bandopadhayay P, de Blank P, Packer RJ, Fouladi M, van Meeteren AS, Jones D, Perry A, Nakano Y, Hargrave D, Riedl D, Robison NJ, Partanen M, Fisher MJ, Witt O. PMID: 38146999; PMCID: PMC10912006.
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    6. Phase I trial of panobinostat in children with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma: A report from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC-047). Neuro Oncol. 2023 12 08; 25(12):2262-2272. Monje M, Cooney T, Glod J, Huang J, Peer CJ, Faury D, Baxter P, Kramer K, Lenzen A, Robison NJ, Kilburn L, Vinitsky A, Figg WD, Jabado N, Fouladi M, Fangusaro J, Onar-Thomas A, Dunkel IJ, Warren KE. PMID: 37526549; PMCID: PMC10708931.
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    7. An Exome Capture-Based RNA-Sequencing Assay for Genome-Wide Identification and Prioritization of Clinically Important Fusions in Pediatric Tumors. J Mol Diagn. 2024 02; 26(2):127-139. Buckley J, Schmidt RJ, Ostrow D, Maglinte D, Bootwalla M, Ruble D, Govindarajan A, Ji J, Kovach AE, Orgel E, Raca G, Navid F, Mascarenhas L, Pawel B, Robison N, Gai X, Biegel JA. PMID: 38008288.
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    8. Addendum: Sustained response of three pediatric BRAFV600E mutated high-grade gliomas to combined BRAF and MEK inhibitor therapy. Oncotarget. 2023 May 19; 14:502. Toll SA, Tran HN, Cotter J, Judkins AR, Tamrazi B, Biegel JA, Dhall G, Robison NJ, Waters K, Patel P, Cooper R, Margol AS. PMID: 37204254; PMCID: PMC10197959.
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    9. MEK inhibitors for neurofibromatosis type 1 manifestations: Clinical evidence and consensus. Neuro Oncol. 2022 11 02; 24(11):1845-1856. de Blank PMK, Gross AM, Akshintala S, Blakeley JO, Bollag G, Cannon A, Dombi E, Fangusaro J, Gelb BD, Hargrave D, Kim A, Klesse LJ, Loh M, Martin S, Moertel C, Packer R, Payne JM, Rauen KA, Rios JJ, Robison N, Schorry EK, Shannon K, Stevenson DA, Stieglitz E, Ullrich NJ, Walsh KS, Weiss BD, Wolters PL, Yohay K, Yohe ME, Widemann BC, Fisher MJ. PMID: 35788692; PMCID: PMC9629420.
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    10. Cardiac Function in Children and Young Adults Treated with MEK Inhibitors: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Pediatr Cardiol. 2022 Aug; 43(6):1223-1228. Robison NJ, Su JA, Fang MJ, Malvar J, Menteer J. PMID: 35233653; PMCID: PMC10284303.
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    11. Pediatric Gliosarcoma With and Without Neurofibromatosis Type 1: A Whole-exome Comparison of 2 Patients. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2021 11 01; 43(8):e1201-e1204. Graham RT, Bell EH, Webb A, Zhao Y, Timmers C, Fleming JL, Sells BE, Robison NJ, Palmer JD, Finlay JL, Chakravarti A. PMID: 33235140.
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    12. Clinical utility of comprehensive genomic profiling in central nervous system tumors of children and young adults. Neurooncol Adv. 2021 Jan-Dec; 3(1):vdab037. Ji J, Kaneva K, Hiemenz MC, Dhall G, Davidson TB, Erdreich-Epstein A, Hawes D, Hurth K, Margol AS, Mathew AJ, Robison NJ, Schmidt RJ, Tran HN, Judkins AR, Cotter JA, Biegel JA. PMID: 33948563; PMCID: PMC8080244.
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    13. NF106: A Neurofibromatosis Clinical Trials Consortium Phase II Trial of the MEK Inhibitor Mirdametinib (PD-0325901) in Adolescents and Adults With NF1-Related Plexiform Neurofibromas. J Clin Oncol. 2021 03 01; 39(7):797-806. Weiss BD, Wolters PL, Plotkin SR, Widemann BC, Tonsgard JH, Blakeley J, Allen JC, Schorry E, Korf B, Robison NJ, Goldman S, Vinks AA, Emoto C, Fukuda T, Robinson CT, Cutter G, Edwards L, Dombi E, Ratner N, Packer R, Fisher MJ. PMID: 33507822; PMCID: PMC8078274.
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    14. Visual outcomes following everolimus targeted therapy for neurofibromatosis type 1-associated optic pathway gliomas in children. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 04; 68(4):e28833. Ullrich NJ, Prabhu SP, Packer RJ, Goldman S, Robison NJ, Allen JC, Viskochil DH, Gutmann DH, Perentesis JP, Korf BR, Fisher MJ, Kieran MW, NF Clinical Trials Consortium. PMID: 33336845.
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    15. Phase II study of peginterferon alpha-2b for patients with unresectable or recurrent craniopharyngiomas: a Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium report. Neuro Oncol. 2020 11 26; 22(11):1696-1704. Goldman S, Pollack IF, Jakacki RI, Billups CA, Poussaint TY, Adesina AM, Panigrahy A, Parsons DW, Broniscer A, Robinson GW, Robison NJ, Partap S, Kilburn LB, Onar-Thomas A, Dunkel IJ, Fouladi M. PMID: 32393959; PMCID: PMC7690365.
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    16. A phase II study of continuous oral mTOR inhibitor everolimus for recurrent, radiographic-progressive neurofibromatosis type 1-associated pediatric low-grade glioma: a Neurofibromatosis Clinical Trials Consortium study. Neuro Oncol. 2020 10 14; 22(10):1527-1535. Ullrich NJ, Prabhu SP, Reddy AT, Fisher MJ, Packer R, Goldman S, Robison NJ, Gutmann DH, Viskochil DH, Allen JC, Korf B, Cantor A, Cutter G, Thomas C, Perentesis JP, Mizuno T, Vinks AA, Manley PE, Chi SN, Kieran MW. PMID: 32236425; PMCID: PMC7566451.
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    17. Response assessment in paediatric low-grade glioma: recommendations from the Response Assessment in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (RAPNO) working group. Lancet Oncol. 2020 06; 21(6):e305-e316. Fangusaro J, Witt O, Hernáiz Driever P, Bag AK, de Blank P, Kadom N, Kilburn L, Lober RM, Robison NJ, Fisher MJ, Packer RJ, Young Poussaint T, Papusha L, Avula S, Brandes AA, Bouffet E, Bowers D, Artemov A, Chintagumpala M, Zurakowski D, van den Bent M, Bison B, Yeom KW, Taal W, Warren KE. PMID: 32502457.
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    18. Prognostic significance of molecular subgroups of medulloblastoma in young children receiving irradiation-sparing regimens. J Neurooncol. 2019 Nov; 145(2):375-383. Yeo KK, Margol AS, Kennedy RJ, Hung L, Robison NJ, Dhall G, Asgharzadeh S. PMID: 31621042; PMCID: PMC7543681.
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    19. Clinical and neuropsychological outcome of pediatric non-midline central nervous system germinoma treated with chemotherapy and reduced dose/volume irradiation: The Children's Hospital Los Angeles experience. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019 12; 66(12):e27983. Yeo KK, Kayser K, Margol AS, Wong KK, Robison N, Finlay J, Dhall G. PMID: 31502379.
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    20. Unusual radiological and histological presentation of a diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumor (DLGNT) in a 13-year-old girl. Childs Nerv Syst. 2019 09; 35(9):1609-1614. Tiwari N, Tamrazi B, Robison N, Krieger M, Ji J, Tian D. PMID: 30770994; PMCID: PMC7474550.
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    21. Sustained response of three pediatric BRAFV600E mutated high-grade gliomas to combined BRAF and MEK inhibitor therapy. Oncotarget. 2019 Jan 11; 10(4):551-557. Toll SA, Tran HN, Cotter J, Judkins AR, Tamrazi B, Biegel JA, Dhall G, Robison NJ, Waters K, Patel P, Cooper R, Margol AS. PMID: 30728904; PMCID: PMC6355184.
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    22. Prospective feasibility and safety assessment of surgical biopsy for patients with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. Neuro Oncol. 2018 10 09; 20(11):1547-1555. Gupta N, Goumnerova LC, Manley P, Chi SN, Neuberg D, Puligandla M, Fangusaro J, Goldman S, Tomita T, Alden T, DiPatri A, Rubin JB, Gauvain K, Limbrick D, Leonard J, Geyer JR, Leary S, Browd S, Wang Z, Sood S, Bendel A, Nagib M, Gardner S, Karajannis MA, Harter D, Ayyanar K, Gump W, Bowers DC, Weprin B, MacDonald TJ, Aguilera D, Brahma B, Robison NJ, Kiehna E, Krieger M, Sandler E, Aldana P, Khatib Z, Ragheb J, Bhatia S, Mueller S, Banerjee A, Bredlau AL, Gururangan S, Fuchs H, Cohen KJ, Jallo G, Dorris K, Handler M, Comito M, Dias M, Nazemi K, Baird L, Murray J, Lindeman N, Hornick JL, Malkin H, Sinai C, Greenspan L, Wright KD, Prados M, Bandopadhayay P, Ligon KL, Kieran MW. PMID: 29741745; PMCID: PMC6176802.
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    23. A comparative analysis of clinicopathological features and survival among early adolescents/young adults and children with low-grade glioma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. J Neurooncol. 2018 Dec; 140(3):575-582. Margol AS, Yeo KK, Xia C, Onar A, Robison NJ, Freyer DR, Dhall G. PMID: 30173409; PMCID: PMC6433163.
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    24. Phase I trial of dasatinib, lenalidomide, and temozolomide in children with relapsed or refractory central nervous system tumors. J Neurooncol. 2018 May; 138(1):199-207. Robison NJ, Yeo KK, Berliner AP, Malvar J, Sheard MA, Margol AS, Seeger RC, Rushing T, Finlay JL, Sposto R, Dhall G. PMID: 29427149; PMCID: PMC5930136.
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    25. Changing Trends in Brain Imaging Technique for Pediatric Patients with Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2018; 53(2):116-120. Trost MJ, Robison N, Coffey D, Mamey MR, Robison RA. PMID: 29346786; PMCID: PMC6527466.
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    26. Successful Treatment of Recurrent Li-Fraumeni Syndrome-related Choroid Plexus Carcinoma. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2017 11; 39(8):e473-e475. McEvoy M, Robison N, Manley P, Yock T, Konopka K, Brown RE, Wolff J, Green AL. PMID: 28859040; PMCID: PMC5657537.
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    27. Novel GOPC(FIG)-ROS1 fusion in a pediatric high-grade glioma survivor. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2017 Jul; 20(1):51-55. Kiehna EN, Arnush MR, Tamrazi B, Cotter JA, Hawes D, Robison NJ, Fong CY, Estrine DB, Han JH, Biegel JA. PMID: 28387643.
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    28. Allergic reactions and antiasparaginase antibodies in children with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A children's oncology group report. Cancer. 2015 Dec 01; 121(23):4205-11. Ko RH, Jones TL, Radvinsky D, Robison N, Gaynon PS, Panosyan EH, Avramis IA, Avramis VI, Rubin J, Ettinger LJ, Seibel NL, Dhall G. PMID: 26308766; PMCID: PMC4795901.
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    29. Molecular subgroups of medulloblastoma identification using noninvasive magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Neuro Oncol. 2016 Jan; 18(1):126-31. Blüml S, Margol AS, Sposto R, Kennedy RJ, Robison NJ, Vali M, Hung LT, Muthugounder S, Finlay JL, Erdreich-Epstein A, Gilles FH, Judkins AR, Krieger MD, Dhall G, Nelson MD, Asgharzadeh S. PMID: 26254476; PMCID: PMC4677409.
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    30. Tumor-associated macrophages in SHH subgroup of medulloblastomas. Clin Cancer Res. 2015 Mar 15; 21(6):1457-65. Margol AS, Robison NJ, Gnanachandran J, Hung LT, Kennedy RJ, Vali M, Dhall G, Finlay JL, Erdreich-Epstein A, Krieger MD, Drissi R, Fouladi M, Gilles FH, Judkins AR, Sposto R, Asgharzadeh S. PMID: 25344580; PMCID: PMC7654723.
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    31. Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma: a reassessment. J Neurooncol. 2014 Aug; 119(1):7-15. Robison NJ, Kieran MW. PMID: 24792486.
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    32. Long-term outcome of 4,040 children diagnosed with pediatric low-grade gliomas: an analysis of the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2014 Jul; 61(7):1173-9. Bandopadhayay P, Bergthold G, London WB, Goumnerova LC, Morales La Madrid A, Marcus KJ, Guo D, Ullrich NJ, Robison NJ, Chi SN, Beroukhim R, Kieran MW, Manley PE. PMID: 24482038; PMCID: PMC4657506.
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    33. PID1 (NYGGF4), a new growth-inhibitory gene in embryonal brain tumors and gliomas. Clin Cancer Res. 2014 Feb 15; 20(4):827-36. Erdreich-Epstein A, Robison N, Ren X, Zhou H, Xu J, Davidson TB, Schur M, Gilles FH, Ji L, Malvar J, Shackleford GM, Margol AS, Krieger MD, Judkins AR, Jones DT, Pfister SM, Kool M, Sposto R, Asgharzadeh S, Asgharazadeh S. PMID: 24300787; PMCID: PMC3962776.
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    34. A phase II trial of a multi-agent oral antiangiogenic (metronomic) regimen in children with recurrent or progressive cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2014 Apr; 61(4):636-42. Robison NJ, Campigotto F, Chi SN, Manley PE, Turner CD, Zimmerman MA, Chordas CA, Werger AM, Allen JC, Goldman S, Rubin JB, Isakoff MS, Pan WJ, Khatib ZA, Comito MA, Bendel AE, Pietrantonio JB, Kondrat L, Hubbs SM, Neuberg DS, Kieran MW. PMID: 24123865; PMCID: PMC4285784.
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    35. Medulloblastoma expresses CD1d and can be targeted for immunotherapy with NKT cells. Clin Immunol. 2013 Oct; 149(1):55-64. Liu D, Song L, Brawley VS, Robison N, Wei J, Gao X, Tian G, Margol A, Ahmed N, Asgharzadeh S, Metelitsa LS. PMID: 23891738; PMCID: PMC3809126.
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    36. Predictors of neoplastic disease in children with isolated pituitary stalk thickening. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2013 Oct; 60(10):1630-5. Robison NJ, Prabhu SP, Sun P, Chi SN, Kieran MW, Manley PE, Cohen LE, Goumnerova L, Smith ER, Scott RM, London WB, Ullrich NJ. PMID: 23670879.
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    37. Morning glory disc anomaly in association with ipsilateral optic nerve glioma. Arch Ophthalmol. 2012 Aug; 130(8):1082-3. Bandopadhayay P, Dagi L, Robison N, Goumnerova L, Ullrich NJ. PMID: 22893090.
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    38. Identification of novel biologic targets in the treatment of newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2012; 625-8. Robison NJ, Kieran MW. PMID: 24451808.
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    39. Diffuse central neurocytoma with craniospinal dissemination. J Clin Neurosci. 2012 Jan; 19(1):163-6. Stapleton CJ, Walcott BP, Kahle KT, Codd PJ, Nahed BV, Chen L, Robison NJ, Delalle I, Goumnerova LC, Jackson EM. PMID: 22088950.
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    40. Cerebral sinus thrombosis in a child with active ulcerative colitis and factor V Leiden. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Jul; 52(7):867-9. Robison NJ, Dawlabani N, Lastra CR, Dhall G. PMID: 19260108.
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    41. Causes of nursery death beyond the neonatal period. J Perinatol. 2003 Mar; 23(2):142-7. Robison NJ, Hodgman JE, Barton L, Pavlova Z. PMID: 12673265.
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