Document 2931
 DOCN  M94A2931
 TI    BAEPs in early stages of HIV-infection.
 DT    9412
 AU    De la Fuente J; Rodriguez E; Ocampo A; Miralles C; Sopena B; Morena JA;
       Martinez C; Dept. Internal Medicine, Hospital Xeral, Vigo, Spain.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):192 (abstract no. PB0196). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94369644
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To compare the brain-stem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs)
       of HIV-infected subjects in early stages with normal healthy controls.
       METHODS: BAEPs were performed on 23 otoneurological asymptomatic HIV-1
       seropositive patients and 30 HIV-1 seronegative controls. Abnormal
       audiometry, alcohol consumption, AIDS-indicator conditions and CD4 count
       below 400 per cubic millimeter were considered as exclusion criterions.
       RESULTS: As compared with controls HIV-1 seropositives subjects showed a
       statistically significant difference (p 0.05, t-Student test) in the
       values of central conduction times (CCTs) III-V of BAEPs. CCTs I-III and
       I-V showed no differences between groups. CONCLUSIONS: BAEPs are a
       sensitive methods in detecting subclinical involvement of the upper
       brain stem in early stages of HIV-1 infection.
 DE    AIDS Dementia Complex/DIAGNOSIS/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY  Brain
       Stem/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY  Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain
       Stem/*PHYSIOLOGY  Human  HIV Infections/DIAGNOSIS/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY  HIV
       Seropositivity/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY  *HIV-1  Reaction Time/PHYSIOLOGY
       Reference Values  MEETING ABSTRACT

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