TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Case-Control Studies
KW - Electrophysiology
KW - Evoked Potentials, Visual
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Prospective Studies
KW - Reaction Time
AU - Andrade Neto JL
AU - Cunha AP
AU - Barreto RBP
AU - Arantes TEF
AU - Santos LPF
AB - <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>
BT - Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17119734?dopt=Abstract
CN - ANDRADENETO 2006
DA - 2006 Jul-Aug
DO - 10.1590/s0004-27492006000400022
IS - 4
J2 - Arq Bras Oftalmol
LA - por
N2 - <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>
PY - 2006
SP - 575
EP - 8
T2 - Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia
TI - [Visual evoked potential in leprosy patients].
VL - 69
SN - 0004-2749
ER -