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Preputial Warts

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Preputial warts are so common in both male and female at old ages and childhood, preputial warts are mainly infectious secondary to infection by the human papilloma virus, usually they heal without scarring. The incidence of anogenital warts in both children and adults has an increased incidence in recent decades.

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Abbreviations

AGW:

Anogenital warts

DM:

Diabetes mellitus

MMR:

Measles, mumps, and rubella

HPV:

Human papilloma virus

STI:

Sexually transmitted infection

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Fahmy, M.A.B. (2020). Preputial Warts. In: Normal and Abnormal Prepuce. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37621-5_28

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