Witzelsucht after right putaminal hemorrhage: A case report

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 195-200

  Chen, Ying Chu ^a   Tseng, Chi Yu ^a   Pai, Ming Chyi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Humor; Hypersexuality; Orbitofrontal lobe; Paramedian thalamus; Putaminal hemorrhage; Witzelsucht

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HYPERSEXUALITY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; ORBITAL CORTEX; PUTAMEN; RARE DISEASE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; WITZELSUCHT;

COGNITION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUTAMINAL HEMORRHAGE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 30544443162     PISSN: 10196099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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