[Auditory evoked potentials in chronic alcoholism]

An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am. 1991;18(6):575-82.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Prospective study of about 42 chronic alcoholics and evaluation, by means of auditory evoked potentials, of their auditive pathways. Checking of the damage at the outmost degree of the pathway, in alcoholic encephalopathy. Discussion and evaluation of the tracings.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alcohol Amnestic Disorder / epidemiology
  • Alcohol Amnestic Disorder / physiopathology
  • Alcoholism / epidemiology
  • Alcoholism / physiopathology*
  • Evoked Potentials, Auditory*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / epidemiology
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology
  • Prospective Studies
  • Reaction Time / physiology
  • Wernicke Encephalopathy / epidemiology
  • Wernicke Encephalopathy / physiopathology