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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine at the Hospital Clínic and the Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pí i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Affiliation Law Firm of Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Philosophy, California State University, Northridge, California, United States of America