Altered Sexual and Reproductive Functions in Epileptic Men Taking Carbamazepine

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 493-499

  Reis, Rosana Maria ^a   de Angelo, Alexandre Gonçalves ^a   Sakamoto, Américo Ceiki ^a   Ferriani, Rui Alberto ^a   Lara, Lúcia Alves Silva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Epilepsy; Erectile dysfunction; Seizures and sexual dysfunction; Sexual function; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84873057152     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02951.x     Document Type: Article

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