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Baby boys are born with the foreskin fused with the glans penis by a [[synechia| synechial membrane]]. The tip of the foreskin is usually too narrow to allow [[retraction of the foreskin]]. | Baby boys are born with the foreskin fused with the glans penis by a [[synechia| synechial membrane]]. The tip of the foreskin is usually too narrow to allow [[retraction of the foreskin]]. | ||
Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) conducted a survey of 4,000 boys in Denmark. They report that the mean age of first foreskin retraction is 10.4 years in Denmark.<ref name="Thorvaldsen-meyhoff2005">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Thorvaldsen | |||
|first=M.A. | |||
|last2=Meyhoff | |||
|first2=H. | |||
|title=Patologisk eller fysiologisk fimose? | |||
|trans-title=Pathological or physiological phimosis? | |||
|language=Danish | |||
|journal=Ugeskr Læger | |||
|volume=167 | |||
|issue=17 | |||
|pages=1858-1862 | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/normal/thorvaldsen1/ | |||
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|date=2005 | |||
|accessdate=2019-11-14 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
===Foreskin in adulthood=== | ===Foreskin in adulthood=== | ||