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Thirty cases of venereal and related anal affections seen at G. T. Hospital have been reviewed. Occupational factors in the etiology of the disease, as well as other factors, have been stressed. Multiple fissures of the nonsyphilitic type were the lesions most often encountered. The types of diseases seen and their treatment have been described.
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Menda, R.K., Chulani, H.L., Yawalkar, S.J. et al. Venereal disease of the anal region. Dis Colon Rectum 14, 454–459 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02553470
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