title: Visual evoked potentials, auditory evoked potentials and EEG in shunted hydrocephalic children.
abstract: Visual evoked potentials (VEP) and auditory evoked potentials (AEP) were studied together with the EEG, in 15 hydrocephalic children who had been shunted previously, and in a control group of 10 normal children. From the control group normal VEP's, AEP's and EEG's were obtained. In all 15 hydrocephalic children the EEG was abnormal. AEP's were normal in 9 and abnormal in 6 cases. VEP's were normal in 7 and abnormal in 8 cases. Only 4 patients showed both abnormal VEP's and AEP's. No relation could be demonstrated between the severity of EEG disturbances and evoked response abnormalities.
mesh_terms: D001306:Auditory Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology*