Sexual quality of life in epilepsy: Correlations with sex hormone blood levels

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 226-231

  Mölleken, Daniela ^a   Richter Appelt, Hertha ^b   Stodieck, Stefan ^a   Bengner, Thomas ^a  

^a Protestant Hospital Alsterdorf   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Derogatis interview for sexual function; Enzyme inducing antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Sex hormone binding globulin; Sexual dysfunction; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ESTRADIOL; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; FOLLITROPIN; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PRIMIDONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEROGATIS INTERVIEW FOR SEXUAL FUNCTION SELF REPORT INVENTORY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EPILEPSY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATTITUDE; COITUS; EJACULATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGASM; PENILE ERECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149151212     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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