Inappropriate sexual behaviour in a case of ALS and FTD: Successful treatment with sertraline

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-190

  Anneser, Johanna M H ^a   Jox, Ralf J ^a   Borasio, Gian Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dementia of frontal lobe type; Hypersexuality; Motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

SERTRALINE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APATHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FASCICULATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPEECH DISORDER; TEMPORAL LOBE; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DEMENTIA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34250026432     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17482960601073543     Document Type: Article

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