Levetiracetam-associated loss of libido and anhedonia

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 283-284

  Calabrò, Rocco S ^a   Italiano, Domenico ^a   Militi, David ^a   Bramanti, Placido ^a  

^a IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Levetiracetam; Loss of libido; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PIRACETAM; TRIAZINES; VALPROIC ACID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861339394     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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