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}}</ref> First described in Germany by Stühmer in 1928,<ref name="stühmer">Stühmer A. Balanitis xerotica obiterans und ihre Beziehungen zur 'Kraurosis glandi et praeputii penis'. ''Arch Dermatol Syph'' (Berlin) 1928;156:613. DOI: 10.1007/BF01828558 ([http://www.springerlink.com/content/k2895227m2410756/ Abstract])</ref> it is a [[skin ]] disease of unknown etiology<ref name="freeman" /> and occurs in both males and females. BXO is the name traditionally used when the disease afflicts the male sexual organs, while LSA is the name applied when the disease appears in a female or a male in other than the genital organs. An older name for BXO is ''kraurosis glandii et praeputii penis''.<ref name="freeman" /><ref name="McKay">McKay DL Jr, Fuqua F, Weinberg AG. [http://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/BXO/mckay1/ Balanitis xerotica obliterans in children]. ''J Urol'' 1975;114(5):773-5.</ref>