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<journal-title><![CDATA[Anales de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas (Asunción)]]></journal-title>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La homosexualidad desde el punto de vista científico actual.]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Homosexuality from the current scientific view.]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Barrios]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Torales]]></surname>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Facultad de Ciencias Médicas y de Matemática Estadística]]></institution>
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<country>Paraguay</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Asociación Mundial de Psiquiatría  ]]></institution>
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<country>Paraguay</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Cátedra de Psiquiatría]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
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<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2017</year>
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<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2017</year>
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<volume>50</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>85</fpage>
<lpage>88</lpage>
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