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A longitudinal case study exemplifies paraphilic masochism as the sexological outcome in a female with a childhood history of the Kaspar Hauser syndrome of psychosocial or abuse dwarfism. The case is theoretically important with respect to the origins of paraphilia, and to case management.
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Money, J., Annecillo, C. Paraphilia as a sexual disability: Outcome study in a female with a history of the Kaspar Hauser dwarfism syndrome. Sex Disabil 9, 297–309 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01102018
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