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10746181

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-5-18
pubmed:abstractText
Twenty-five patients of intermittent acute porphyria (IAP) in latent period were studied neurophysiologically by assessing motor and sensory nerve conduction velocities, late responses (F-wave and H-reflex) and somatosensory evoked potentials of median nerve and were compared with 15 age and sex matched control group. All the patients had at least one classical attack of IAP during which Watson Schwartz test was positive. None of them had any evidence of neurological defecit at the time of examination. Compared with the controls, patients of AIP had significantly slower motor and sensory conduction velocities of median nerve (P < 0.001) and it was more marked in the distal segment of the nerve. Nineteen out of 25 had one or the other abnormal neurophysiological parameter. Reduced nerve conduction velocity was not found to have any relation with age, sex or duration of the illness or number of attacks. Present study shows evidence of subclinical neuropathy in patients of intermittent acute porphyria in latent phase.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0301-150X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
73-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Study of motor and sensory nerve conduction velocities, late responses (F-wave and H-reflex) and somatosensory evoked potential in latent phase of intermittent acute porphyria.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, SP Medical College, Bikaner, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article