Urology
Volume 76, Issue 1 , Pages 21-24 , July 2010

A Japanese View on Circumcision: Nonoperative Management of Normal and Abnormal Prepuce

Received 1 August 2009 ,Accepted 4 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.10.005

Urology
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