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Age-Specific Pattern of Anogenital Wart in Men Who Have Sex With Men
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
|February 9, 2018
Abstract:
We examined the proportion of anogenital warts in men who have sex with men attending a sexual health center. Anal warts were most common in younger men who have sex with men (5.8% for age <21 years) and became less common with age (2.8% in age >50 years), but penile warts occurred at approximately the same proportion (~1.5%) over all age groups.
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