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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="Health" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Health care in the United States" />
          <pl ns="0" title="List of RSS feeds on health" />
          <pl ns="0" title="List of common health issues" />
          <pl ns="0" title="List of encyclopedias on medicine" />
          <pl ns="0" title="List of hospitals" />
          <pl ns="0" title="List of medical websites" />
          <pl ns="0" title="List of medical wikis" />
          <pl ns="0" title="List of online medical dictionaries" />
          <pl ns="0" title="List of online medical encyclopedia" />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <links plcontinue="1|0|MedlinePlus Health News" />
  </query-continue>
</api>