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    Miguel Angel Arrabal-Polo, Manuel Pareja-Vilchez, Clara Lahoz-Garcia, Samuel Gonzalez-Torres, Pilar Valderrama-Illana & Miguel Arrabal-Martin

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Arrabal-Polo, M.A., Pareja-Vilchez, M., Lahoz-Garcia, C. et al. Glans Necrosis Produced by Trauma During Masturbation. Arch Sex Behav 42, 1391–1393 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-013-0199-5

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