title: Luminance and chromatic visual evoked potentials in type I and type II diabetes: relationships with peripheral neuropathy.
abstract: The objective of the study was to investigate the subclinical visual deficit in type I and II diabetes, and its relationship with peripheral neuropathy. Thirty-two healthy volunteers, 20 patients with type I diabetes and 30 patients with type II diabetes were studied in a clinical neurophysiology setting. Luminance (VEPs) and chromatic visual evoked potentials (CVEPs) were recorded, with white-black, grey-black, red-green and blue-yellow sinusoidal gratings. The peak latencies of the VEP positive wave and CVEP negative wave were recorded. Ten patients with type I and 8 with type II diabetes had peripheral neuropathy. VEPs were slower in patients with type II diabetes and CVEPs were slower in patients with type I and type II diabetes than in controls. Blue-yellow CVEPs were slower in type II than in type I diabetes. VEPs and red-green CVEPs were slower in patients with diabetes with neuropathy than in those without. In conclusion, we found that visual system impairment differs in diabetes with and without peripheral neuropathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, La Sapienza University, Viale Regina Elena 336, I-00161 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gregori
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Galié
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clementi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Accornero
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003116:Color; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity / Q000502:physiology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D012044:Regression Analysis