Sexual behavior of a sample of females with epilepsy.
A sample of 700 female epileptic outpatients was examined between 1985 and 1987. The incidence of psychosexual disorders was 18%. Epileptic females with psychosexual disorders were compared with epileptic females without sexual disorders and with normal female controls on selected clinical and EEG parameters. Epileptic females with sexual disorders showed: lower marriage rates, a longer duration of illness, sexually colored prodromata, predominance of partial complex seizures (83%) and a higher incidence of menstrual abnormalities. Hyposexuality and exhibitionism were the psychosexual disorders most frequently noted. Temporal lobe EEG abnormalities were significantly higher.
Demerdash
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Department of Psychiatry, Al Azhar Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt.
Shaalan
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Midani
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Kamel
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Bahri
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D000553:Ambulatory Care; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage; D012737:Sex Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*