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Letter to the Editor: Acute Hyperventilation Syndromes Induced by Sexual Intercourse: Evidence of a Psychophysical Mechanism to Intensify Sexual Experience?

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Passie, T., Wagner, T., Hartmann, U. et al. Letter to the Editor: Acute Hyperventilation Syndromes Induced by Sexual Intercourse: Evidence of a Psychophysical Mechanism to Intensify Sexual Experience?. Arch Sex Behav 33, 525–526 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:ASEB.0000044736.73344.c2

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