Motor and sensory nerve conduction studies were performed in the distal part of the ulnar, median and radial nerves of 12 tuberculoid and 12 lepromatous leprosy patients, compared with 15 normal subjects. Slowing of sensory conduction velocity (SCV) was shown in all nerves with no difference between tuberculoid and lepromatous patients. The radial SCV slowing is correlated (P less than 0.001) with the clinical findings. Impairment of motor distal latencies was observed only in tuberculpoid patients. It is concluded that the radial SCV is the most reliable conduction test and is proposed as an early diagnostic test for leprosy.
BT - Journal of the neurological sciences C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/702187?dopt=Abstract DA - 1978 Aug DO - 10.1016/0022-510x(78)90249-6 IS - 1 J2 - J. Neurol. Sci. LA - eng N2 -Motor and sensory nerve conduction studies were performed in the distal part of the ulnar, median and radial nerves of 12 tuberculoid and 12 lepromatous leprosy patients, compared with 15 normal subjects. Slowing of sensory conduction velocity (SCV) was shown in all nerves with no difference between tuberculoid and lepromatous patients. The radial SCV slowing is correlated (P less than 0.001) with the clinical findings. Impairment of motor distal latencies was observed only in tuberculpoid patients. It is concluded that the radial SCV is the most reliable conduction test and is proposed as an early diagnostic test for leprosy.
PY - 1978 SP - 89 EP - 95 T2 - Journal of the neurological sciences TI - Respective importance of different nerve conduction velocities in leprosy. VL - 38 SN - 0022-510X ER -