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Review of genital biopsies in a genitourinary medicine clinic: are they necessary?
  1. Malini Raychaudhuri1,
  2. Mary Browning2
  1. 1Centre for Sexual Health, Scunthorpe General Hospital, Scunthorpe, UK
  2. 2Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Cardiff, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Malini Raychaudhuri, Centre for Sexual Health, Scunthorpe General Hospital, Scunthorpe DN157BS, UK; malini.raychaudhuri{at}nhs.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2012-050706

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