title: [Electrophysiologic perineal studies in the exploration of erectile dysfunction in diabetics].
abstract: Sexual disorders may be assessed in diabetic patients with neurophysiological investigations of the perineum including electromyographic detection of perineal floor muscles, sacral latency, somatosensory evoked potentials of the pudendal nerve, sympathetic skin response and nerve conduction velocity of the dorsal nerve of the penis. Alteration of sympathetic skin response and sensory dysfunction (reduction of the velocity or reduction in the amplitude of the distal sensory potential, alteration of the pudendal cortical evoked potentials) are the more frequent signs of perineal diabetic neuropathy.
authors.affiliation: Service de Rééducation, Hôpital Robert Ballanger, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Amarenco
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kerdraon
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004576:Electromyography / Q000379:methods; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000379:methods*; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009431:Neural Conduction; D010410:Penile Erection; D010502:Perineum; D012867:Skin / Q000294:innervation; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Les investigations électrophysiologiques périnéales dans l'exploration des dysfonctions érectiles du sujet diabétique.