Publications
If your publication has co-authors from ERN GENTURIS member HCPs from two or more EU Member States, one of the following acknowledgements can be used:
If the authors of the publication originate from one EU Member State only, or if the journal does not allow a phrasing like the one above, you can use:
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| European Reference Networks as core health structures where referring genetic newborn screening positive infants: an innovative operational research framework | Fernanda Fortunato et al. | Frontiers in Public Health | 10 June 2026 | doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1822461 | |
| Hereditary cancer: Germline testing practices across ERN GENTURIS member countries | Milena Kiljańczyk, et al. | European Journal of Human Genetics | 9 June 2026 | doi.org/10.1038/s41431-026-02132-8 | |
| Genome Sequencing of Undiagnosed European Patients Suspected of Hereditary Cancer: Diagnostic Yield and Identification of Candidate Causative Variants | Nelson Martins, et al. | JCO Precision Oncology | 16 April 2026 | doi.org/10.1200/PO-25-00354 | |
| European Reference Networks – a flagship activity of the EU in the field of rare and complex diseases: from 2017 to 2025 | Holm Graessner, et al. | Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases | 14 April 2026 | doi.org/10.1186/s13023-026-04341-2 | |
| Reporting practices for secondary findings among ERN GENTURIS member institutions in 15 European countries | Kathrin Taxer, et al. | European Journal of Human Genetics | 3 March 2026 | doi.org/10.1038/s41431-026-02044-7 | |
| Evidence evaluation in rare disease guidelines: a methodological perspective | Matt Bolz-Johnson, et al. | Rare Disease and Orphan Drugs Journal | 10 December 2025 | doi.org/10.20517/rdodj.2025.29 | |
| Behavioural analysis of referral and uptake of care pathways for rare tumour risk syndromes: A cross-cultural mixed-methods study protocol within the PREVENTABLE project | Ana Machado, et al. | Open Research Europe | 15 April 2025 | doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.19954.1 | |
| The European Reference Network on Genetic Tumour Risk Syndromes(ERN GENTURIS): benefits for patients, families, and health careproviders | Manon Engels, et al. | Familial Cancer | 30 March 2025 | doi.org/10.1007/s10689-025-00457-9 | |
| Pregnancy-related issues in rare and low-prevalence diseases: results of ERN transversal working group on pregnancy and family planning survey | Dina Zucchi, et al. | Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases | 10 March 2025 | doi.org/10.1186/s13023-024-03435-z | |
| Genomic reanalysis of a pan-European rare-disease resource yields new diagnoses | Steven Laurie, et al. | Nature Medicine | 17 January 2025 | doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-03420-w | |
| Model matchmaking via the Solve-RD Rare Disease Models & Mechanisms Network (RDMM-Europe) | Kornelia Ellwanger, et al. | Lab Animal | 24 June 2024 | doi.org/10.1038/s41684-024-01395-2 | |
| Solve-RD consortium. An interconnected data infrastructure to support large-scale rare disease research | Lennart F. Johansson, et al. | Gigascience | 2 January 2024 | doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giae058 | |
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European collaboration on genetic tumour risk syndromes |
Hildegunn Høberg-Vetti, et al. |
European Journal of Medical Genetics |
26 December 2022 |
European Journal of Medical Genetics - Special Issue ERN GENTURIS 2021-2022 |
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Variants of uncertain significance (VUS) in cancer predisposing genes: What are we learning from multigene panels? |
Emanuela Lucci-Cordisco, et al. |
European Journal of Medical Genetics |
20 November 2021 |
European Journal of Medical Genetics - Special Issue ERN GENTURIS 2021-2022 |
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Somatic mosaics in hereditary tumor predisposition syndromes |
Verena Steinke-Lange, et al. |
European Journal of Medical Genetics |
13 October 2021 |
European Journal of Medical Genetics - Special Issue ERN GENTURIS 2021-2022 |
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| Solve-RD: systematic pan-European data sharing and collaborative analysis to solve rare diseases | Birte Zurek, et al. | European Journal of Human Genetics | 1 June 2021 | doi.org/10.1038/s41431-021-00859-0 | |
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European Reference Networks: challenges and opportunities |
Birute Tumiene, et al. |
Journal of Community Genetics |
17 March 2021 |
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Continue rare cancers collaboration with European Reference Networks after Brexit |
Jean-Yves Blay, et al. |
Lancet |
27 February 2021 |
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A no-deal Brexit will be detrimental to people with rare diseases |
Marc Tischkowitz, et al. |
Lancet |
2 January 2021 |
The letter has a total of 73 signatories; 54 signatories from UK senior clinicians and researchers who were members of an ERN, as well as 19 signatories each representing a patient support group. |
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“Patient Journeys”: improving care by patient involvement |
Matt Bolz-Johnson, et al. |
European Journal of Human Genetics |
4 December 2019 |
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Boosting care and knowledge about hereditary cancer: European Reference Network on Genetic Tumour Risk Syndromes |
Janet R. Vos, et al. |
Familial Cancer |
9 October 2018 |
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| Platform trial design for neurofibromatosis type 1, NF2-related schwannomatosis and non-NF2-related schwannomatosis: A potential model for rare diseases | Britt A. E. Dhaenens, et al. | Neuro-oncology practice | 4 January 2024 | doi.org/10.1093/nop/npae001 | |
| Lessons learned from drug trials in neurofibromatosis: A systematic review | Britt A. E. Dhaenens, et al. | European Journal of Medical Genetics | 5 July 2021 |
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| Identifying challenges in neurofibromatosis: a modified Delphi procedure | Britt A. E. Dhaenens, et al. | European Journal of Human Genetics | 26 April 2021 |
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| ERN GENTURIS clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, management and surveillance of people with schwannomatosis | D. Gareth Evans, et al. | European Journal of Human Genetics | 1 April 2022 |
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| Lamotrigine for cognitive deficits associated with neurofibromatosis type 1: A phase II randomized placebo-controlled trial | Myrthe J. Ottenhoff, et al. | Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology | 28 September 2024 | doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.16094 | |
| ERN GENTURIS tumour surveillance guidelines for individuals with neurofibromatosis type 1 | Charlotte Carton, et al. | eClinicalMedicine | 13 January 2023 |
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| Treatment of cutaneous neurofibromas with carbon dioxide laser: Technique and patient experience | Sirkku Peltonen, et al. | European Journal of Medical Genetics | 9 November 2021 |
European Journal of Medical Genetics - Special Issue ERN GENTURIS 2021-2022 |
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| Mutational landscape of colorectal tumors from individuals with unexplained adenomatous or serrated colorectal polyposis | Anna K. Sommer, et al. | Gastroenterology | 12 January 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2025.10.011 | |
| Clinical syndromes linked to biallelic germline variants in MCM8 and MCM9 | Noah C. Helderman, et al. | Human Genetics and Genomics Advances | 9 October 2025 | doi.org/10.1016/j.xhgg.2025.100480 | |
| Solving the genetic aetiology of hereditary gastrointestinal tumour syndromes – a collaborative multicentre endeavour within the project Solve-RD | Anna K. Sommer, et al. | European Journal of Medical Genetics | 11 March 2022 |
European Journal of Medical Genetics - Special Issue ERN GENTURIS 2021-2022 |
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| Hereditary gynecological cancer management in women with Lynch syndrome: a survey across Europe | Kevin J. J. Kwinten, et al. | Familial Cancer | 31 March 2026 | doi.org/10.1007/s10689-026-00546-3 | |
| Living at genetic risk: The patient experience of Lynch syndrome | Nicola Reents, et al. | International Journal of Cancer | 10 December 2025 | ||
| MTHFR C677T and A1298C polymorphism’s effect on risk of colorectal cancer in Lynch syndrome | Mariann U. Wiik, et al. | Scientific Reports | 1 November 2023 |
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| Ability of a polygenic risk score to refine colorectal cancer risk in Lynch syndrome | Nuria Dueñas, et al. | Journal of Medical Genetics | 15 June 2023 | doi.org/10.1136/jmg-2023-109344 | |
| Colorectal cancer incidences in Lynch syndrome: a comparison of results from the prospective lynch syndrome database and the international mismatch repair consortium. | Pål Møller, et al. | Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice | 1 October 2022 | doi.org/10.1186/s13053-022-00241-1 | |
| Non-coding aberrations in mismatch repair genes underlie a substantial part of the missing heritability in Lynch syndrome | Iris B. A. W. te Paske, et al. | Gastroenterology | 26 August 2022 | doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2022.08.041 |
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| Large-scale application of ClinGen-InSiGHT APC-specific ACMG/AMP variant classification criteria leads to substantial reduction in VUS | Xiaoyu Yin, et al. | American Journal of Human Genetics | 1 October 2024 | ||
| Updated European guidelines for clinical management of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP), gastric adenocarcinoma, proximal polyposis of the stomach (GAPPS) and other rare adenomatous polyposis syndromes: a joint EHTG-ESCP revision | Gloria Zaffaroni, et al. | British Journal of Surgery | 9 May 2024 | ||
| Gene-specific ACMG/AMP classification criteria for constitutional APC variants: recommendations from the ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer / Polyposis Variant Curation Expert Panel | Isabel Spier, et al. | Genetics in Medicine | 3 October 2023 |
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| Clinically relevant combined effect of polygenic background, rare pathogenic germline variants, and family history on colorectal cancer incidence | Emadeldin Hassanin, et al. | BMC Medical Genomics | 5 March 2023 | doi.org/10.1186/s12920-023-01469-z | |
| AXIN2-related oligodontia-colorectal cancer syndrome with cleft palate as a possible new feature | Laura Roht, et al. | Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine | 1 March 2023 | doi.org/10.1002/mgg3.2157 | |
| Wnt genes in colonic polyposis predisposition | Isabel Quintana, et al. | Genes & Diseases | 29 December 2022 | doi.org/10.1016/j.gendis.2022.12.002 |
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| Germline mutations in WNK2 could be associated with serrated polyposis syndrome | Yasmin Soares de Lima, et al. | Journal of Medical Genetics | 21 October 2022 | doi.org/10.1136/jmg-2022-108684 |
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| Implementing mainstream germline genetic testing in breast cancer across Europe | Eduard Pérez-Ballestero, et al. | BJC Reports | 3 February 2026 | doi.org/10.1038/s44276-025-00202-w | |
| The heterogeneous cancer phenotype of individuals with biallelic germline pathogenic variants in CHEK2 | Snežana Hinić, et al. | Genetics in Medicine | 13 February 2024 | ||
| Spectrum and frequency of CHEK2 variants in breast cancer affected and general population in the Baltic states region, initial results and literature review | Kristine Pavlovica, et al. | European Journal of Medical Genetics | 18 March 2022 |
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| Overview of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) guidelines across Europe | David Humberto Marmolejo, et al. | European Journal of Medical Genetics | 1 October 2021 |
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| Blood Arsenic Levels as a Marker of Breast Cancer Risk among BRCA1 Carriers | Wojciech Marciniak, et al. | Cancers (Basel) | 3 July 2021 |
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| Candidate Gene Discovery in Hereditary Colorectal Cancer and Polyposis Syndromes–Considerations for Future Studies | Iris B. A. W. te Paske, et al. | International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 19 November 2020 |
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| ERN GENTURIS cancer surveillance guideline for individuals with PTEN hamartoma tumour syndrome (PHTS) | Nicoline Hoogerbrugge, et al. | European Journal of Human Genetics | 16 July 2026 | doi.org/10.1038/s41431-026-02181-z | |
| Cancer prognosis and treatment results in patients with PTEN Hamartoma Tumour Syndrome (PHTS)-a European cohort study | Linda A.J. Hendricks, et al. | British Journal of Cancer Reports | 4 June 2025 | doi.org/10.1038/s44276-025-00157-y | |
| The risk of a second primary cancer in PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome (PHTS) | Linda A.J. Hendricks, et al. | Genetics in Medicine | 24 May 2025 | doi.org/10.1016/j.gim.2025.101467 | |
| Non-serous ovarian cancer in PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome: additional evidence for increased risk | Ane J. Schei-Andersen, et al. | Familial Cancer | 18 March 2025 | doi.org/10.1007/s10689-025-00453-z | |
| Histopathological phenotyping of cancers in PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome for improved recognition: A single-center study | Ane J. Schei-Andersen, et al. | Int J Cancer | 11 June 2024 | doi.org/10.1002/ijc.35049 | |
| Genotype-phenotype associations in a large PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome (PHTS) patient cohort | Linda A.J. Hendricks, et al. | European Journal of Medical Genetics | December 2022 |
European Journal of Medical Genetics - Special Issue ERN GENTURIS 2021-2022 |
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| Cancer risks by sex and variant type in PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome | Linda A.J. Hendricks, et al. | J Natl Cancer Inst | 28 September 2022 | doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djac188 | |
| Catch them if you are aware: PTEN postzygotic mosaicism in clinically suspicious patients with PTEN Hamartoma Tumour Syndrome and literature review | Linda A.J. Hendricks, et al. | European Journal of Medical Genetics | 28 May 2022 | doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmg.2022.104533 |
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| Cancer surveillance guideline for individuals with PTEN Hamartoma Tumour Syndrome | Marc Tischkowitz, et al. | European Journal of Human Genetics | 12 June 2020 | doi.org/10.1038/s41431-020-0651-7 | This is the original guideline, as new evidence on cancer risks and the effectiveness of surveillance has been published since the last iteration of this guideline and update of this guideline has been published on 16 July 2026 by Hoogerbrugge et al., see above. |
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| Germline TP53 Testing in Breast Cancers: Why, When and How | D. Gareth Evans, et al. | Cancers (Basel) | 14 December 2020 |
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| Guidelines for the Li–Fraumeni and heritable TP53-related cancer syndromes | Thierry Frebourg, et al. | European Journal of Human Genetics | 26 May 2020 | doi.org/10.1038/s41431-020-0638-4 |
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| Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis, surveillance and management of people with Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome | Marianne Geilswijk, et al. | European Journal of Human Genetics | 31 July 2024 |
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| Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency mimicking Lynch syndrome is associated with hypomorphic mismatch repair gene variants | Richard Gallon, et al. | NPJ Precision Oncology | 24 May 2024 | ||
| Clinically relevant combined effect of polygenic background, rare pathogenic germline variants, and family history on colorectal cancer incidence | Emadeldin Hassanin, et al. | BMC Medical Genomics | 5 March 2023 |
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| Constitutional Microsatellite Instability, Genotype, and Phenotype Correlations in Constitutional Mismatch Repair Deficiency | Richard Gallon, et al. | Gastroenterology | 29 December 2022 | doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2022.12.017 |
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| Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer spectrum associated with germline CTNNA1 loss of function revealed by clinical and molecular data from 351 carrier families and over 37 000 non-carrier controls | Silvana Lobo et al. | Gut | 26 November 2025 | doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2024-334601 | |
| Combined loss of CDH1 and downstream regulatory sequences drive early-onset diffuse gastric cancer and increase penetrance of hereditary diffuse gastric cancer | Celina São José, et al. | Gastric Cancer | September 2023 |
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| Genotype-first approach to identify associations between CDH1 germline variants and cancer phenotypes: a multicentre study by the European Reference Network on Genetic Tumour Risk Syndromes | José Garcia-Pelaez, et al. | Lancet Oncology | 24 November 2022 | doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(22)00643-X | |
| First estimates of diffuse gastric cancer risks for carriers of CTNNA1 germline pathogenic variants | Marie Coudert, et al. | Journal of Medical Genetics | 29 August 2022 | doi.org/10.1136/jmg-2022-108740 | |
| Solving the genetic aetiology of hereditary gastrointestinal tumour syndromes – a collaborative multicentre endeavour within the project Solve-RD | Anna K. Sommer, et al. | European Journal of Medical Genetics | 11 March 2022 | doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmg.2022.104475 |
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| Gastric cancer genetic predisposition and clinical presentations: Established heritable causes and potential candidate genes | José Garcia-Pelaez, et al. | European Journal of Medical Genetics | 3 December 2021 | doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmg.2021.104401 |
European Journal of Medical Genetics - Special Issue ERN GENTURIS 2021-2022 |
| The CDH1 c.1901C>T Variant: A Founder Variant in the Portuguese Population with Severe Impact in mRNA Splicing | Rita Barbosa-Matos, et al. | Cancers | 4 September 2021 | doi.org/10.3390/cancers13174464 | |
| Cancer predisposition and germline CTNNA1 variants | Silvana Lobo, et al. | European Journal of Medical Genetics | 21 August 2021 | doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmg.2021.104316 |
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| A mosaic PIK3CA variant in a young adult with diffuse gastric cancer: case report | Iris B. A. W. te Paske, et al. | European Journal of Human Genetics | 1 June 2021 | doi.org/10.1038/s41431-021-00853-6 |
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| The impact of the new WHO Classification of renal cell carcinoma on the diagnosis of hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma | Jan Degenhardt, et al. | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 20 February 2025 |
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| von Hippel-Lindau disease: Updated guideline for diagnosis and surveillance | Marie Louise M. Binderup, et al. | European Journal of Medical Genetics | 13 June 2022 |
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| Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and surveillance of BAP1 tumour predisposition syndrome | Fiona Lalloo, et al. | European Journal of Human Genetics | 22 August 2023 |
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This section lists publications from our members, if all of the following conditions are met:
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| Subtype distribution, clinical presentation, and molecular spectrum of neurofibromatosis type 1-associated breast cancer | Niccolò Di Giosaffatte, et al. | Breast | 22 October 2025 | doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2025.104618 |
| A Novel Deleterious Variant and a Founder Effect in Four New Families of MBD4-Associated Neoplasia Syndrome Recruited Over a Period of 20 Years | Inês Querido et al. | Clinical Genetics | 23 June 2025 | doi.org/10.1111/cge.70014 |
| The role ofmulti-organ cancer predisposition genes in the risk of inherited and histologically diverse gastric cancer | Joana Guerra et al. | EBioMedicine | 29 May 2025 | doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2025.105759 |
| Deep Phenotyping of Pathology-Confirmed Benign Lesions in PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome Patients | Ane J. Schei-Andersen, et al. | Clinical Genetics | 28 April 2025 | doi.org/10.1111/cge.14759 |
| Proof of Concept for Genome Profiling of the Neurofibroma/Sarcoma Sequence in Neurofibromatosis Type 1. | Ilenia Rita Cannizzaro, et al. | International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 9 October 2024 | doi.org/10.3390/ijms251910822 |
| Neurofibromatosis type 1 adult surveillance form for Austria | Vincent Sunder-Plassmann, et al. | Wiener klinische Wochenschrift | 12 September 2024 | doi.org/10.1007/s00508-024-02443-0 |
| Phenotypic Expansion of Autosomal Dominant LZTR1-Related Disorders with Special Emphasis on Adult-Onset Features. | Vera Uliana, et al. | Genes (Basel) | 13 July 2024 | doi.org/10.3390/genes15070916 |
| Current management of familial adenomatous polyposis | Lauricella et al. | Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy | June 2024, ePub 26 May 2024 | doi.org/10.1080/14737140.2024.2344649 |
| Genetic Basis of Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Approaches and Lessons Learnt from Three Decades of Inherited Predisposition Testing. | Valeria Barili, et al. | Genes (Basel) | 8 February 2024 | doi.org/10.3390/genes15020219 |
| Gastric Polyps in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Portuguese Patients: The First Western Cohort with Asian Features | Diana Baptista, et al. | Pathobiology | 18 October 2023 | doi.org/10.1159/000534571 |