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Neurovisual Impairment: A Frequent Complication of Alpha-Interferon Treatment in Chronic Viral Hepatitis

table  4.   P100 Latency and Central Visual Sensitivity at Baseline and at the End of Interferon Treatment of Eyes With Normal Pretreatment Visual and Neurophysiological Parameters
Age (yrs) Visual Evoked Responses (msec)
Central Visual Sensitivity (db)
Baseline End-of-Rx Baseline End-of-Rx
Eyes with normal end-of-treatment P100 latency (n = 59) 47.5 ± 15.3* 117.0 ± 5.3 117.7 ± 5.2Dagger ,dagger                                  25.4 ± 0.9§, 24.5 ± 1.6#,
Eyes with abnormal end-of-treatment P100 latency (n = 15) 59.1 ± 11.0* 117.5 ± 7.1dagger ,Dagger 138.8 ± 8.7Dagger 24.4 ± 0.7Dagger ,** 23.0 ± 1.2#,**
NOTE. Group and paired comparisons are indicated by symbols representing respective P values.
Abbreviation: NS, not significant.
* P = .007 (group comparison).
dagger P = NS.
Dagger P < .0001.
§ P = .008.
#P = .002.
** P = .016.

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