Human Sexuality and Adolescence
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1 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel 2 Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel 3 Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel 4 Division of Adolescent Medicine, Kentucky Children’s Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA *Correspondence: [email protected]
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