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Hypersexual features in Huntington's disease.

Authors :
Jhanjee A
Anand KS
Bajaj BK
Source :
Singapore medical journal [Singapore Med J] 2011 Jun; Vol. 52 (6), pp. e131-3.
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

We report the case of a 30-year-old woman with a rare presentation of early adulthood Huntington's disease (HD) with hypersexuality. It is not known if sexual dysfunction in HD patients is due to a specific brain lesion or adverse psychosocial factors associated with HD. Although there are no evidence-based treatment guidelines for hypersexuality in HD, our patient exhibited significant improvement with olanzapine and haloperidol.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2737-5935
Volume :
52
Issue :
6
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Singapore medical journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
21731984