Table 1.
Pyridoxine treatment | Median motor | Tibial motor | Median sensory | Sural sensory | MAC sensory | |||||||
Amp | CV | Amp | CV | Amp | CV | Amp | CV | Amp | CV | |||
Normal values | >5.6 | >49 | >5.9 | >44 | >7.5 | >48 | >3.5 | >45 | >17.7 | >60 | ||
Age 30 years | 1250–1750 mg/day for 20 years | Right | 17.9 | 61 | 30.4 | 45 | 3.7 | 56 | 3.4 | 37 | NR | NR |
Left | 16.9 | 59 | 32.4 | 44 | 3.1 | 52 | 2.1 | 42 | NR | NR | ||
Age 31 years | 500 mg/day for 1 year | Right | 16.6 | 63 | 34.2 | 44 | 8.3 | 52 | 9.3 | 52 | 15.2 | 55 |
Left | 16.7 | 58 | 34.6 | 46 | 8.6 | 52 | 3.4 | 45 | 12.2 | 52 | ||
Age 34 years | 500 mg/day for 4 years | Right | 18.6 | 63 | 35.0 | 48 | 8.7 | 61 | 9.7 | 52 | 19.2 | 62 |
Left | 17.5 | 64 | 32.8 | 47 | 8.6 | 57 | 5.5 | 49 | 19 | 60 |
Abnormal values are in bold. Motor in mV and sensory in µV.
Amp: amplitude, CV: conduction velocity (in m/s); MAC: medial antebrachial cutaneous; NR: no response.