This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Leopold J. Streletz, MD; Sung Ho Bae, MD; Robert M. Roeshman, DO; Norman J. Schatz, MD; Peter J. Savino, MD

Arch Neurol. 1981;38(2):80-85.

Abstract
• Recording of visual evoked potentials (VEPs) to pattern reversal is considered to be a reliable diagnostic procedure for examining patients with anterior visual pathway lesions (optic nerves and chiasm). Less consistent results have been reported in studies of more posterior lesions. The VEPs were recorded in 20 patients with occipital lobe lesions. A maximal VEP response (P₉₄) was recorded at the scalp electrodes situated over the involved occipital lobes and contralateral to the hemianoptic visual field defect, indicating a positive correlation of unilateral occipital lobe lesions, homonymous visual field loss, and the VEP abnormality.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Neurology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia (Drs Streletz, Bae, and Roeshman); Neuro-ophthalmology Unit, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia (Drs Schatz and Savino); and the Departments of Neurology and Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Drs Schatz and Savino).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 24, 1980.

Reprint requests to Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Room 9606 NH, 11th and Walnut streets, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (Dr Streletz).

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?