@article{7298,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Case-Control Studies, Electrophysiology, Evoked Potentials, Visual, Female, Humans, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Reaction Time},
  author = {Andrade Neto JL and Cunha AP and Barreto RBP and Arantes TEF and Santos LPF},
  title = {[Visual evoked potential in leprosy patients].},
  abstract = {<p><b>PURPOSE: </b>To verify the possible alterations in visual evoked potential of leprosy patients.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>Visual evoked potential examinations were performed in 13 Hansen disease patients, 5 of them with the multibacillary form and 8 with the paucibacillary. This was done at the moment of the diagnosis. The control group enrolled 15 health individuals, without Hansen disease.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>The measurement result varied from 102.0 to 120.5 ms, with a mean of 110.1+/-5.7 ms. In the multibacillary form, the values varied from 109.0 to 120.0 ms, mean 111.1+/-5.4. In the paucibacillary, the values varied from 102.0 to 120.5 ms, with a mean of 109.5+/-6.1 ms. The latency values were significantly greater in Hansen disease patients (p<0.0001), even if multibacillary and paucibacillary forms were compared separately. However, there was no significant difference when the pauci- and multibacillary groups were compared.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>The latency values were significantly greater in leprosy patients. A recommendation can be made for these patients, which is to be submitted to early visual evoked potential as a rule in order to investigate ocular complications, as well as to prevent damages.</p>},
  year = {2006},
  journal = {Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia},
  volume = {69},
  pages = {575-8},
  month = {2006 Jul-Aug},
  issn = {0004-2749},
  doi = {10.1590/s0004-27492006000400022},
  language = {por},
}