Hypersexual features in huntington's disease

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 131-133

  Jhanjee, A ^a   Anand, K S ^b   Bajaj, B K ^b  

^a DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

^b LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Huntington's disease; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; HALOPERIDOL; OLANZAPINE;

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; HYPERSEXUALITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDIAN; INSOMNIA; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; IRRITABILITY; LIBIDO DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; FEMALE; HALOPERIDOL; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961074768     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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