The study of visual evoked potentials in children and young patients with autoimmune thyroid disease

Dalia Jarusaitiene

Abstract


 The aim of the study was to investigate the clinical potential for the visual evoked potentials (VEP) among the groups of adolescents and young patients with autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD) without clinical signs of optic neuropathy. The VEP were obtained for 98 (196eyes) ATD patients (group I) and age-matched normal subjects 34 (68 eyes) without ATD. This study shows that visual evoked cortical responses detect visual function abnormalities noninvasively in children and young adults with Graves' disease. VEP to pattern stimulation is sensitive objective method to predict visual impairment in Graves’ optic neuropathy. This examination may be useful in early diagnosis of ocular changes in children and young adults with autoimmune thyroid diseases.


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BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITEE,

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE,

KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY.