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      "percent": "2.4%",
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    "summary": "Affects Without color perception (4.5%), Limited vision (2.4%)."
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    "Open https://nih.gov/about-nih/nih-almanac/robert-q-marston-md.",
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   "included_in_primary_score": false,
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   "handling": "review",
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