Diagnosis of vertebrobasilar insufficiency: Time to rethink established dogma?

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 966-974

  Kumar, Arvind ^a,b   Mafee, Mahmood ^a   Dobben, Glen ^a   Whipple, Mark ^a   Pieri, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0032430275     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556139807701208     Document Type: Article

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