Epilepsy and erectile dysfunction: A review

Seizure

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 453-459

  Smaldone, M ^a   Sukkarieh, T ^a   Reda, A ^a   Khan, A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptics; Epilepsy; Erectile dysfunction; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BROMOCRIPTINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ESTRADIOL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MINOXIDIL; OXCARBAZEPINE; PAPAVERINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENTOLAMINE; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; PROLACTIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SILDENAFIL; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; VALPROIC ACID; VASODILATOR AGENT; YOHIMBINE; HORMONE;

COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG METABOLISM; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; ONSET AGE; PENIS NOCTURNAL TUMESCENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT PLANNING; IMPOTENCE; METABOLISM;

ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; HORMONES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE;

EID: 4344622258     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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