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Sex Transm Infect. 2004 February; 80(1): 4–7.
doi: 10.1136/sti.2003.005132.
PMCID: PMC1758397
Genital allergy
C Sonnex
Department of GU Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. Email: christopher.sonnex/at/addenbrokes.nhs.uk
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