Prevalence and clinical features of sexual dysfunction in male with epilepsy: The first southern italy hospital-based study

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 732-737

  Calabrò, Rocco Salvatore ^a   Grisolaghi, Jacopo ^b   Quattrini, Fabrizio ^c   Bramanti, Placido ^a   Magaudda, Adriana ^d  

^a IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hyposexuality; QoL; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOACTIVE SEXUAL DESIRE DISORDER; ITALY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PREVALENCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884368588     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2013.798783     Document Type: Article

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