Disease- and treatment-related effects on the pituitary-gonadal functional axis: A study in men with epilepsy

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 258, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1080-1084

  Bauer, Jürgen ^a   Dierkes, Helke ^a   Burr, Wieland ^a   Reuber, Markus ^b   Stoffel Wagner, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Erectile dysfunction; Luteinizing hormone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959832874     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5888-6     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. J Bauer B Stoffel-Wagner D Flügel M Kluge J Schramm F Bidlingmaier E Elger 2000 Serum androgens return to normal after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery in men Neurology 55 820 824 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3cXntlygsb0%3D 10994003
2. J Bauer S Blumenthal M Reuber B Stoffel-Wagner 2004 Epilepsy syndrome, focus location, and treatment choice affect testicular function in men with epilepsy Neurology 62 243 246 14745061 (Pubitemid 38167132)
3. J Bauer D Klingmüller 2008 Which antiepileptic drug for men with epilepsy? A critical epileptological and andrological review (in german) Nervenarzt 79 1407 1412 10.1007/s00115-008-2578-z 1:STN:280: DC%2BD1cjos1WqtQ%3D%3D 19023554
4. S Duncan A Talbot R Sheldrick H Caswell 2009 Erectile function, sexual desire, and psychological well-being in men with epilepsy Epilepsy Behav 15 351 357 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.04.028 19422934
5. A Grabowska-Grzyb E Naganska T Wolanczyk 2006 Hypersexuality in two patients with epilepsy treated with lamotrigine Epilepsy Behav 8 663 665 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.01.005 16473556
6. CL Harden I Leppik 2006 Optimizing therapy of seizures in women who use oral contraceptives Neurology 67 Suppl4 S56 S58 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD28XhtlagsbzE 17190925
7. AG Herzog FW Drislane DL Schomer PB Pennell EB Bromfield BA Dworetzky EL Farina CA Frye 2005 Differential effects of antiepileptic drugs on sexual function and hormones in men with epilepsy Neurology 65 1016 1020 10.1212/01.wnl.0000178988.78039.40 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD2MXhtVWmur3M 16217052 (Pubitemid 41429624)
8. AG Herzog EL Farina FW Drislane DL Schomer SD Smithson KM Fowler BA Dworetzky EB Bromfield 2010 A comparison of anastrozole and testosterone versus placebo and testosterone for treatment of sexual dysfunction in men with epilepsy and hypogonadism Epilepsy Behav 17 264 271 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.12.003 20096638
9. AM Husain ST Carwile PP Miller RA Radtke 2000 Improved sexual function in three men taking lamotrigine for epilepsy South Med J 93 335 336 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3c7ptVymtA%3D%3D 10728528 (Pubitemid 30159768)
10. JIT Isojärvi AJ Pakarinen PJ Ylipalosaari VV Myllylä 1990 Serum hormones in male epileptic patients receiving anticonvulsant medication Arch Neurol 47 670 676 2135734 (Pubitemid 20183578)
11. JIT Isojärvi E Löfgren KS Juntunen AJ Pakarinen M Päivänsalo I Rautakorpi L Tuomivaara 2004 Effect of epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs on male reproductive health Neurology 62 247 253 14745062 (Pubitemid 38167133)
12. AM Kanner 2008 Depression in epilepsy: a complex relation with unexpected consequences Curr Opin Neurol 21 190 194 10.1097/WCO.0b013e3282f4e978 18317279 (Pubitemid 351644162)
13. G Luef G Krämer H Stefan 2009 Oxcarbazepine treatment in male epilepsy patients improves pre-existing sexual dysfunction Acta Neurol Scand 119 94 99 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2008.01085.x 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD1MXivVGrsL8%3D 18705676
14. D Mölleken H Richter-Appelt S Stodieck T Bengner 2009 Sexual quality of life in epilepsy: correlation with sex hormone levels Epilepsy Behav 14 226 231 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.10.015 18992845
15. B Stoffel-Wagner J Bauer D Flügel W Brennemann D Klingmüller CE Elger 1998 Serum sex-hormones are altered in patients with chronic focal epilepsies treated with anticonvulsant drugs Epilepsia 39 1164 1173 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01307.x 1:CAS:528:DyaK1cXns1Kjt7g%3D 9821980 (Pubitemid 28516028)
16. T Takahashi M Walterfang SJ Wood MJ Kempton J Jogia V Lorenzetti B Soulsby M Suzuki D Velakoulis C Pantelis S Frangou 2010 Pituitary volume in patients with bipolar disorder and their first-degree relatives J Affect Disord 124 256 261 10.1016/j.jad.2009.12.002 20022640
17. J Westheide C Helmstaedter C Elger D Cooper-Mahkorn B Sträter W Maier KU Kühn 2007 Sexuality in male psychiatric inpatients. A descriptive comparison of psychiatric patients, patients with epilepsy and healthy volunteers Pharmacopsychiatry 40 183 190 10.1055/s-2007-985880 1:STN:280:DC%2BD2srlsVCqsA%3D%3D 17874348 (Pubitemid 47535744)