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When Is an Unusual Sexual Interest a Mental Disorder?

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  1. Department of Sexual Medicine, Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, 45 Castro St., #125, San Francisco, CA, 94114, USA

    Charles Moser

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Editor’s note: This letter was submitted to the Journal after Blanchard’s reply to the other letters about the Blanchard et al. (2008) article was in production; hence, the reply by Blanchard (2008) does not refer to the content of this letter.

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Moser, C. When Is an Unusual Sexual Interest a Mental Disorder?. Arch Sex Behav 38, 323–325 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-008-9436-8

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