[Contrast analysis of brainstem auditory evoked potential in untreated and treated hepatolenticular degeneration patients with treatment of combining traditional Chinese and Western medicine].
摘要
OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of combination therapy of traditional and Western medicine (TCM-WM) on brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) in hepatolenticular degeneration patients. METHODS: BAEP was recorded and analyzed in 65 patients with hepatolenticular degeneration (HLD) before and after decoppered TCM-WM treatment. RESULTS: The peak latency (PL) and interpeak latency (IPL) of BAEP in untreated patients were greatly increased compared with those of control group, especially in the prolongations of III, V, III- V and I-V. The PL and IPL improved as improvement of clinical symptoms in HLD patients treated with TCM-WM than that in untreated patients. The abnormal rates of men and women in BAEP were decreased from 21.97% and 19.05% in untreated patients to 9.09% and 6.75% in treated patients respectively. CONCLUSION: BAEP not only has an complementary diagnosis but also judge the efficacy of treatment on the HLD disease.