An adequate parameter evaluating the galvanic body sway test: Comparison with the caloric test in patients with vestibular schwannomas

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 118-121

  Tsutsumi, Takeshi ^a   Komatsuzaki, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neuroma, acoustic; Vestibular function tests

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0032977012     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s002221510014335x     Document Type: Article

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