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Sexual Dysfunction Following Stroke

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Sexual and Reproductive Neurorehabilitation

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I am writing to you regarding one of my patients, in the hope you can help me. He suffered an ischemic stroke seven months ago and has shown considerable recovery. However, he has had problems with erectile dysfunction since that time. I cannot find in my references whether this occurs following a stroke. I would appreciate your thoughts concerning if this is a normal manifestation of this stroke, or if this problem could perhaps be due to something different. I am sorry to bother you with this question.

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Good, D.C. (1997). Sexual Dysfunction Following Stroke. In: Aisen, M. (eds) Sexual and Reproductive Neurorehabilitation. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2576-6_10

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