Experimental model of vertigo induced by detached otoconia

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 269-272

  Suzuki, Mamoru ^a   Kadir, Abdul ^a   Takamoto, Muneo ^a   Hayashi, Naoki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canal plugging; Otoconia; Positional vertigo; Posterior semicircular canal

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FROG; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTIGO;

EID: 0029981572     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489609137838     Document Type: Article

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