Care of intact, foreskinned boys: Difference between revisions
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}}</ref> and because [[intact]], non-traumatized boys are easier to [[Breastfeeding| breastfeed]]. [[Foreskinned]] boys are likely to enjoy better health because of the [[immunological and protective function of the foreskin]].<ref | }}</ref> and because [[intact]], non-traumatized boys are easier to [[Breastfeeding| breastfeed]]. [[Foreskinned]] boys are likely to enjoy better health because of the [[immunological and protective function of the foreskin]].<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Fleiss | |||
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|init=PM | |||
|author-link=Paul M. Fleiss | |||
|last2=Hodges | |||
|first2= | |||
|init2=FM | |||
|author2-link=Frederick M. Hodges | |||
|last3=Van Howe | |||
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|init3=RS | |||
|author3-link=Robert S. Van Howe | |||
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|title=Immunological functions of the human prepuce | |||
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|journal=Sex Trans Inf | |||
|date=1998-10 | |||
|volume=74 | |||
|issue=5 | |||
|pages=364-7 | |||
|url=https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1758142/pdf/v074p00364.pdf | |||
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|pubmedID=10195034 | |||
|pubmedCID=1758142 | |||
|DOI=10.1136/sti.74.5.364 | |||
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|accessdate=2024-12-23 | |||
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The [[foreskin]] has the duty of protecting the [[glans penis]] and [[meatus]] from physical [[trauma]] and [[infection]], so boys are born with a [[foreskin]] that does not retract.<ref name="agarwal2005">{{REFjournal | The [[foreskin]] has the duty of protecting the [[glans penis]] and [[meatus]] from physical [[trauma]] and [[infection]], so boys are born with a [[foreskin]] that does not retract.<ref name="agarwal2005">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Agarwal | |last=Agarwal | ||