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Hypersexual features in Huntington's disease.
- Source :
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Singapore medical journal [Singapore Med J] 2011 Jun; Vol. 52 (6), pp. e131-3. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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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.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Antipsychotic Agents therapeutic use
Benzodiazepines therapeutic use
Female
Haloperidol therapeutic use
Humans
Huntington Disease complications
Olanzapine
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological complications
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological diagnosis
Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological complications
Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological diagnosis
Treatment Outcome
Huntington Disease diagnosis
Huntington Disease psychology
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological psychology
Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2737-5935
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Singapore medical journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21731984