Evoked potentials in children with Wilson's disease.

Topcu M., Topcuoglu M. A., Kose G., Nurlu G., Turanli G.

Brain & development, cilt.24, sa.5, ss.276-80, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2002
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0387-7604(02)00055-4
  • Dergi Adı: Brain & development
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.276-80
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: evoked potentials, Wilson's disease, stage, diagnosis, RESPONSES, CHILDHOOD
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We assessed multimodal evoked potentials (EPs) in 13 children with newly diagnosed neurologically symptomatic Wilson's disease (WD) and in their first degree symptom-free relatives, consisting of seven presymptomatic and 15 asymptomatic siblings and 22 asymptomatic parents. EP abnormalities of at least one modality and one side stimulation were observed in 38.5% of patients, 42.9% of presymptomatic siblings, 21.4% of asymptomatic siblings and 18.2% of parents. Patients tended to have more prolonged central latencies of EPs. However, the left I-V interpeak brainstem auditory EP latency difference was the only one to reach at the statistical significance (P = 0.001). Abnormal VEP P100 latency was detected more frequently in presymptomatic siblings than those in asymptomatic ones (42.9% vs 7.1%, P = 0.049). In all relatives, other diagnostic tests including electroencephalography, electromyography and head magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for subclinical nervous system involvement and Kayser-Fleischer rings examination yielded normal results.