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Careful examination is very important to formulate a diagnosis. The time taken to note and record examination findings helps in making a clinical diagnosis. Clinical examination is guided by careful history taking. Ignoring clues in the history and proceeding too quickly to examination can lead to an incorrect diagnosis.
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Hall, A. (2019). Examination. In: Atlas of Male Genital Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99750-6_3
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