Sexual behavior and hemispheric laterality of the focus in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 617-624

  Daniele, A ^a   Azzoni, A ^a   Bizzi, A ^a   Rossi, A ^a   Gainotti, G ^a   Mazza, S ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral dominance; Complex partial seizures; Libido; Sexual behavior; Sexual disorders; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0030867506     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00411-8     Document Type: Article

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