Para - And Intraurethral Penile Tumor - Like Condilomatosis

Anastasiya Atanasova Chokoeva1, Uwe Wollina2, Torello Lotti3

  • 1"Onkoderma"- Policlinic for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Sofia, Bulgaria.

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