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T-wave response: a sensitive test for latent alcoholic polyneuropathy.
Addiction Biology 2002 July
To date, the H-reflex is the most sensitive test to measure nerve conduction velocity in alcoholic polyneuropathy. Analogous to the H-reflex, we investigated the T-wave response from the soleus muscle using a hand-held reflex hammer. Twenty-four inpatients suffering from chronic alcoholism and 24 healthy volunteers were recruited. All probands had a careful neurological examination and were graded (PNP-classifications). The T- and H-reflexes were measured. In the clinical examination, only a few patients exhibited symptoms of alcoholic PNP. However, when the autonomic nervous system was also tested, 50% exhibited signs of alcoholic PNP. Both the T- and H-reflex responses were pathologically retarded, indicating latent alcoholic PNP in 60% of the patients. Thus the main finding in our study is the difference between clinical and electrophysiological examinations: only a few of the patients had neurological symptoms for alcoholic PNP but 14 patients (60%) exhibited a so-called latent, subclinical alcoholic PNP by showing delayed reflex latencies. Measuring the T-wave proved to be a simple and painless screening method for diagnosis and monitoring of alcoholic PNP. Among the clinical tests the best indicator for alcoholic PNP was the test for autonomous alcoholic PNP.
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