Evaluation of the vertical semicircular canal function by the pendular rotation test: A study on patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

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Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 269-271

  Iida, Masahiro ^a   Igarashi, Makoto ^a,b   Naitoh, Akira ^a   Ishida, Katsunori ^a   Endo, Keisuke ^a   Nomur, Kimihisa ^a   Sakai, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; Pendular rotation test; Posterior semicircular canal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCITABILITY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VERTIGO;

EID: 0030772538     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: 14230275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000276951     Document Type: Article

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