Diagnosis of geriatric patients with severe dizziness

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-17

  Lawson, J ^a   Fitzgerald, J ^b   Birchall, J ^c   Aldren, C P ^b   Kenny, R A ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0032946909     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01895.x     Document Type: Article

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