Treatment of hypersexuality in Parkinson's disease with carbamazepine - A case report

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1241-1242

  Bach, Jan Philipp ^a   Oertel, Wolfgang H ^a   Dodel, Richard ^a   Jessen, Frank ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LEVODOPA; TOLCAPONE;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; AGED; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPULSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSKINESIA; HUMAN; HYPERSEXUALITY; HYPOMANIA; LETTER; MALE; MANIA; MASTURBATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CARBAMAZEPINE; DOPAMINE AGENTS; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67651162196     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22439     Document Type: Letter

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