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Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson\u2019s disease (PD), and stroke of at least one year since the onset of symptoms were included, and compared with controls with no neurological disease, matched by age and sex.  Results  We included 71 participants: 29 controls, with a mean age of 49.4 years, and 42 patients with a mean age of 53.8 years. Sexual dysfunction was present in 22.5% of the controls and 77.5% of the patients. A statistically significant relationship between sexual dysfunction and disability was found in the logistic regression analysis (OR = 20.38, 95%CI: 2.5 \u2013165.86).  Conclusions  Disability proved to be the main variable related to the presence of sexual dysfunction. Patients with ALS had the worst rates of sexual dysfunction. Patients with MS were similar to the control group. As for the PD group, no patient had normal sexuality. Finally, in stroke patients, the presence of comorbidities and their treatment may have negatively influenced sexuality. These findings showed that patients with chronic neurological diseases have sexual dysfunction and underscore the need for neurologists to know and address this problem.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1590\/0004-282x20180061","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,7,27]],"date-time":"2018-07-27T23:00:44Z","timestamp":1532732444000},"page":"430-435","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Everything you always wanted to know about sex and Neurology: neurological disability and sexuality"],"prefix":"10.1590","volume":"76","author":[{"given":"Alejandro","family":"Nasimbera","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Hospital JM Ramos Mejia,  Argentina"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Julieta","family":"Rosales","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hospital JM Ramos Mejia,  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