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Pierre Michel,1,2 Karine Baumstarck,1 Anderson Loundou,1 Badih Ghattas,2 Pascal Auquier,1 Laurent Boyer1 1Aix-Marseille Univ, School of Medicine, CEReSS - Health Service Research and Quality of Life Center, Marseille, France; 2Mathematics Institute of Marseille, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France Background: The aim of this study was to pr

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