Epilepsy and sexuality

Seizure

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-130

  Luef, Gerhard J ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Hormones; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DRUG USE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERSEXUALITY; HYPOSEXUALITY; LABORATORY TEST; LIFE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEIZURE; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY;

EID: 38949110315     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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