PMID- 16329633
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060131
LR  - 20161018
IS  - 1997-7298 (Print)
IS  - 1997-7298 (Linking)
VI  - 105
IP  - 11
DP  - 2005
TI  - [The analysis of brainstem acoustic evoked potentials in diphtheritic 
      polyneuropathy].
PG  - 35-8
AB  - The possibility of central and peripheral impairment of the acoustic analyser was 
      studied in 18 patients with severe diphtheritic polyneuropathy (DP) using 
      brainstem acoustic evoked potentials (BAEPs). The acoustic nerve impairment was 
      found in 27.8%, the central abnormalities--in 44.4%. All the patients with CNS 
      impairment suffered from chronic alcoholism. The data obtained have been compared 
      to those of 26 patients with chronic alcoholism. In this group, peripheral 
      polyneuropathy was confirmed in 76.9% cases; BAEPs revealed isolated involvement 
      of the peripheral part of the acoustic nerve in 7.7% and CNS impairment was found 
      in 84.6% patients. The results of the study suggest that diphtheritic toxin is 
      not implicated in CNS lesions. Central changes found in the BAEPs analysis were 
      related to chronic alcohol intake and did not aggravate diphtheria course.
FAU - Nikitin, S S
AU  - Nikitin SS
FAU - Suopneva, N A
AU  - Suopneva NA
FAU - Fedin, P A
AU  - Fedin PA
FAU - Korepina, O S
AU  - Korepina OS
FAU - Savitskaia, N G
AU  - Savitskaia NG
FAU - Ostafiichuk, A V
AU  - Ostafiichuk AV
FAU - Piradov, M A
AU  - Piradov MA
LA  - rus
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Russia (Federation)
TA  - Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova
JT  - Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova
JID - 9712194
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Alcoholism/complications
MH  - *Auditory Diseases, Central/diagnosis/etiology/physiopathology
MH  - Cochlear Nerve/*physiopathology
MH  - Diphtheria/*complications
MH  - Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem/*physiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Polyneuropathies/*etiology
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
EDAT- 2005/12/07 09:00
MHDA- 2006/02/01 09:00
CRDT- 2005/12/07 09:00
PHST- 2005/12/07 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/02/01 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/12/07 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 2005;105(11):35-8.