Somato-sensory evoked potentials in diabetes type I.
Twenty-nine young patients with insulin dependent diabetes were studied. Clinical findings, metabolic profile, and neurophysiological data were correlated. Nerve conduction velocity (NCV) and Somato-sensory Evoked Potential (SEPs) were recorded stimulating the median nerve and the posterior tibial nerve bilaterally. High incidence of distal neuropathy was present in our cases plus a significant alteration of the plexus conduction, at the level of brachial plexus and of the cauda. We conclude that even in young diabetic patients the damage can be multifocal, and SEP technique could contribute to a more accurate study of neurological complication in the diabetic disease.
Bartolomei
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Servizio di Elettromiografia e Neurofisiologia Clinica, Università di Padova, Italia.
Lelli
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Negrin
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D011930:Reaction Time