Diagnostic criteria for central versus peripheral positioning nystagmus and vertigo: A review

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-5

  Buttner U ^a,b   Helmchen, Ch ^a   Brandt, Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central positioning nystagmus; Central positioning vertigo; Paroxysmal nystagmus; Paroxysmal vertigo

Indexed keywords

BENIGN RECURRENT VERTIGO; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FATIGUE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VESTIBULAR NYSTAGMUS; VOMITING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; POSTURE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0033010084     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016489950181855     Document Type: Review

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