Reduced neuronal responsiveness to visual sexual stimuli in a pedophile treated with a long-acting LH-RH agonist

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 892-894

  Schiffer, Boris ^a   Gizewski, Elke ^b   Kruger, Tillmann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUPRORELIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CASTRATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; MALE; MASTURBATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDOPHILIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 61549097844     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.01094.x     Document Type: Letter

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