title: Auditory brainstem response study of alcoholic patients.
abstract: Auditory brainstem responses were obtained from 52 alcoholic patients with or without neurological complications of alcoholism. Almost half of the patients had abnormal auditory brainstem responses manifested by a prolonged central conduction time (Wave I to V interval) without significant alterations in morphology. The incidence of abnormal auditory responses was related to the type and the number of neurological complications. Patients with Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, dementia or cerebellar degeneration had high incidence of brainstem abnormalities. All patients with 3 or more neurological complications had abnormal auditory brainstem responses.
mesh_terms: D000430:Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / Q000503:physiopathology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000503:physiopathology