Hypersexuality and stroke: A role for the basal ganglia?

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-113

  Libman, Richard B ^a   Wirkowski, Elzbieta J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Cerebrovascular diseases; Hypersexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STROKE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030045993     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108006     Document Type: Article

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