Hypersexual behavior in frontotemporal dementia: A comparison with early-onset Alzheimer's disease

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 501-509

  Mendez, Mario F ^a   Shapira, Jill S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Frontotemporal dementia; Hypersexuality; Right temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84876294727     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-012-0042-4     Document Type: Review

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