Lack of circumcision increases the risk of urinary tract infection in young men.

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Published in JAMA on February 05, 1992

Authors

D H Spach1, A E Stapleton, W E Stamm

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle.

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