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Marina Cumin¹, Elise Fercot¹, Aurélie Todeschi¹

¹Service de médecine gériatrique, HU-PIFO, site Ambroise-Paré (AP-HP), 9 avenue Charles-de-Gaulle, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

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