Disorders of reproduction in patients with epilepsy: Primary neurological mechanisms

Seizure

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-110

  Herzog, Andrew G ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hormone; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; EARLY MENOPAUSE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; INFERTILITY; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 38949103008     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.11.025     Document Type: Article

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