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Walton, M.T., Cantor, J.M., Bhullar, N. et al. Response to Commentaries: Recognizing Hypersexuality as a Psychosexual Behavioral Problem and Advancing the Sexhavior Cycle of Hypersexuality. Arch Sex Behav 46, 2279–2287 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-017-1111-5
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