Epilepsy syndrome, focus location, and treatment choice affect testicular function in men with epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-246

  Bauer, Jürgen ^a,b   Blumenthal, Sabine ^a   Reuber, Markus ^a   Stoffel Wagner, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TESTIS FUNCTION;

EID: 0842304132     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000091866.48962.79     Document Type: Article

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