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8791242

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
Lower limb somatosensory evoked potentials (LSEPs) were performed along with neurological evaluation in 96 HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) patients. The N20 latencies were abnormal in 5 cases. Central sensory conduction time (CSCT) was abnormal in 42 cases. A highly significant correlation (p < 0.001, r = 0.418) was found between CSCT and disability score. Such a correlation was not found between CSCT and other clinical findings, onset of illness, illness duration, serum and CSF antibody titer to HTLV-I and vibratory sensation. There was no difference of the mean of CSCT between the cases with sensory impairment and those without it. This shows that LSEPs are useful to estimate the disability of HAM/TSP. Also the cases with delayed CSCT and normal sensation suggest that LSEPs are capable of detecting subclinical lesions of the spinal cord in HAM/TSP.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-510X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
138
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
78-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Study of lower limb somatosensory evoked potentials in 96 cases of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article