1. [Urolithiasis in the Long-Term GnRH Agonist Treatment of Patients with Paraphilia: 3 Case Studies].
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Mayrhofer G, Wegner D, and Voß T
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- Adult, Calcium Oxalate urine, Cyproterone Acetate therapeutic use, Delayed-Action Preparations, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Kidney Calculi chemically induced, Kidney Calculi urine, Leuprolide therapeutic use, Long-Term Care, Male, Middle Aged, Paraphilic Disorders urine, Recurrence, Triptorelin Pamoate therapeutic use, Ureteral Calculi chemically induced, Ureteral Calculi urine, Urolithiasis therapy, Urolithiasis urine, Cyproterone Acetate adverse effects, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone agonists, Leuprolide adverse effects, Paraphilic Disorders drug therapy, Triptorelin Pamoate adverse effects, Urolithiasis chemically induced
- Abstract
The outpatient forensic aftercare department of the Charité Berlin treated 32 paraphilic sex offenders with GnRH analogues within the past 5 years. Out of those patients, three men suffered from urolithiasis and were in need of treatment. All 3 patients had previously developed osteopenia/osteoporosis while on antiandrogen treatment.This article describes these 3 cases and suggests an intense consideration of the possible occurrence of urolithiasis in sex offenders on antiandrogen treatment., (© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.)
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- 2016
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