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[[Image:Keratinization_intact_vs_circumcised.JPG |thumbnail|right|200px| The glans and mucosa of intact and circumcised human penises in adult males.]] | [[Image:Keratinization_intact_vs_circumcised.JPG |thumbnail|right|200px| The glans and mucosa of intact and circumcised human penises in adult males.]] | ||
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|date=2010-03-27 | |date=2010-03-27 | ||
|accessdate= | |accessdate=2020-06-07 | ||
}}</ref> Another study found that "no difference can be clearly visualized between the inner and outer foreskin."<!-- <ref>{{REFcontribution | }}</ref> Another study found that "no difference can be clearly visualized between the inner and outer foreskin."<!-- <ref>{{REFcontribution | ||
| contribution=HIV-1 Interactions and Infection in Adult Male Foreskin Explant Cultures | | contribution=HIV-1 Interactions and Infection in Adult Male Foreskin Explant Cultures | ||
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}}</ref>--> Be that as it may, this hypothesis continues to be popular among researchers who advocate for circumcision as STD prevention. | }}</ref>--> Be that as it may, this hypothesis continues to be popular among researchers who advocate for circumcision as STD prevention. | ||
Higher incidence of [[Circumcision and HIV|HIV infection]] is found in circumcised men who lack the immunological protection of the [[foreskin]] and its [[Langerhans cells]]. | Higher incidence of [[Circumcision and HIV|HIV infection]] is found in circumcised men who lack the immunological protection of the [[foreskin]] and its [[Langerhans cells]].<ref name="rosenberg2018">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Rosenberg | |||
|first=Molly S. | |||
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|last2=Gómez-Olivé | |||
|first2=FX | |||
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|last3=Ronr | |||
|first3=Julia K | |||
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|last4=Kahn | |||
|first4=Kathleen | |||
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|last5=Bärnighausen | |||
|first5=Till W | |||
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|title=Are circumcised men safer sex partners? Findings from the HAALSI cohort in rural South Africa | |||
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|journal=PLOS ONE | |||
|date=2018-08-01 | |||
|volume=13 | |||
|issue=8 | |||
|page=e0201445 | |||
|url=https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0201445 | |||
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|pubmedID=30067842 | |||
|pubmedCID=6070310 | |||
|DOI= https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201445 | |||
|accessdate=2019-10-20 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
==Treatment== | ==Treatment== | ||
[[Foreskin restoration]] by non-surgical means has been found to reduce keratinization and to improve appearance and sensation. | [[Foreskin restoration]] by non-surgical means has been found to reduce keratinization and to improve appearance and sensation. | ||
{{SEEALSO}} | |||
* [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin]] | |||
{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||
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[[Category:Physiology]] | [[Category:Physiology]] | ||
[[Category:Penile disorders]] | [[Category:Penile disorders]] | ||
[[Category:Foreskin anatomy]] | |||
[[Category:From Intactipedia]] | [[Category:From Intactipedia]] | ||
[[Category:From IntactWiki]] | [[Category:From IntactWiki]] | ||
[[de:Keratinisierung]] | [[de:Keratinisierung]] | ||