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Multimodality evoked potentials in HTLV-I associated myelopathy.

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1988 Aug;51(8):1094-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/89110320
Kakigi R; Shibasaki H; Kuroda Y; Endo C; Oda K; Ikeda A; Hashimoto K; Department of Internal Medicine, Saga Medical School, Japan.

Abstract: Multimodality evoked potentials (EPs) consisting of somatosensory EPs (SEPs), visual EPs (VEPs) and brainstem auditory EPs (BAEPs) were studied in 16 cases with HTLV-I associated myelopathy (HAM). Median nerve SEPs were normal in all cases. In posterior tibial nerve SEPs, the potential recorded at the 12th thoracic spinal process was normal in every case but cortical components were significantly prolonged in 10 cases, although five of these showed no sensory impairment. BAEPs were normal in every case whose hearing was intact, but VEPs were abnormal in two cases whose visual acuities were normal. The present results in HAM indicate predominant lesion in the thoracic cord, and might also suggest some subclinical lesion in the visual pathway.
Keywords: Adult Afferent Pathways/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY Aged *Electroencephalography Evoked Potentials, Auditory Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory Evoked Potentials, Visual Female Human HTLV-I/*IMMUNOLOGY HTLV-I Antibodies/*ANALYSIS HTLV-I Infections/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY Male Middle Age Motor Neurons/PHYSIOLOGY Neuromuscular Diseases/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY Spinal Cord/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY Spinal Cord Diseases/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY Support, Non-U.S. Gov't JOURNAL ARTICLE

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