Hepatitis C, table 2, Neurovisual Impairment: A Frequent Complication of Alpha-Interferon Treatment in Chronic Viral Hepatitis

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

table 2. Neurovisual Parameters in 53 Patients (106 Eyes) Studied Before and at the End of an Interferon Course

Parameter	Before Treatment	End of Treatment

P100 latency of VER (msec)^*	122.8 ± 10.9	126.3 ± 12.9
P100 amplitude (µV)^*	7.00 ± 0.80	7.60 ± 6.90
Electroretinogram (µV)^*	52.7 ± 5.9	53.4 ± 6.1
Visual acuity^*^,^§	8.8 ± 1.9#	8.4 ± 2.1#
Visual sensitivity (db)^*	24.9 ± 1.2##	23.6 ± 2.4##

*^ Mean ± SD. P = .036.** P = NS. ^§ Snellen score (in 10ths). #P = .002 (paired eye comparisons). ##P < .001 (paired and group comparisons).