Pedophilia and temporal lobe disturbances

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-76

  Mendez, Mario F ^a,b   Chow, Tiffany ^a   Ringman, John ^a   Twitchell, Geoff ^a   Hinkin, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PEDOPHILIA; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCLEROSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0033971730     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.12.1.71     Document Type: Article

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