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Sensory evoked potentials in inhalant (volatile solvent) abuse
Author(s) -
TENENBEIN M.,
PILLAY N.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1993.tb00488.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intoxicative inhalant , somatosensory evoked potential , evoked potential , audiology , visual evoked potentials , abnormality , somatosensory system , psychiatry , neuroscience , anesthesia , psychology , toxicology , biology
A study was made to determine whether children with a significant history of inhalant abuse but who lack clinical evidence of neurological abnormality have abnormal visual, auditory or somatosensory evoked potentials. Visual, auditory and somatosensory evoked potential studies were obtained from 15 such children aged 9–17 years. Eight of the children had abnormal visual or auditory evoked potentials. Somatosensory evoked potentials were normal in all. It was concluded that evoked potentials may serve as an objective marker of early neurological damage in children who abuse inhalants and demonstrate potential usefulness for counselling and intervention.