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Visual evoked potentials (VEP) evaluating treatment for post-trauma vision syndrome (PTVS) in patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBI)

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	Visual evoked potentials (VEP) evaluating treatment for post-trauma vision syndrome (PTVS) in patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) Brain Injury, 1994, VOL. 8, NO. 2. 125-133
	W. V. PADULA, S. ARGYRIS and J. RAY

Table 7.
Visual evoked potential (VEP) binocular amplitude (N1-P1) results for the experimental and control groups
Patient	Only refraction correction	Refraction correction with base in prism and and bi-nasal occluders
	N1-P1	N1-P1
*Experimental Group*
1	9-37	12-69
2	7-81	9-96
3	10-64	13-28
5	2-63	3-22
6	4-19	4-29
7	4-78	7-37
8	7-71	7-32
9	2-63	3-22
10	8-78	9-96

*Control Group*
1	7-81	7-42
2	9-76	8-39
3	7-51	8-30
4	20-31	20-31
5	11-31	9-71
6	32-03	31-25
7	12-89	12-10
8	10-15	10-15
9	18-55	17-67
10	10-35	11-32

Table 7 is a representation of the VEP (Nl-Pl) findings for both groups. The initial column shows that the VEP was taken binocularly with the refractive correction in place and then with base-in prisms and bi-nasal occluders as is represented in column two.

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