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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def get_edge_citation(self, u: BaseEntity, v: BaseEntity, key: str) -> Optional[CitationDict]: """Get the citation for a given edge."""

        return self._get_edge_attr(u, v, key, CITATION)