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}}</ref>Hsieh ''et al''. (2006), working in Taiwan, where boys are not circumcised, examined 2,149 elementary pre-adolescent schoolboys. Hsieh ''et al''. found ''only'' one case of balanitis in the intact 2,149 boys,<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Hsieh |first=Tf |author-link= |coauthors=Chang CH, Chang SS |title=Foreskin development before adolescence in 2149 schoolboys |trans-title= |language= |journal=Int J Urol |date=2006 |volume=13 |issue=7 |pages=968-70 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01449.x |quote= |pubmedID= 16882064 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01449.x |accessdate=2019-10-09}}</ref> which suggests a protective effect for the foreskin.
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