Vestibular neuronitis in pilots: Follow-up results and implications for flight safety

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 316-321

  Shupak, Avi ^a   Nachum, Zohar ^a   Stern, Yoram ^b   Tal, Dror ^a   Gil, Amnon ^a   Gordon, Carlos R ^a  

^a ISRAEL NAVAL MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electronystagmography; Rotatory chair; Vestibular compensation; Vestibular function tests; Vestibular neuronitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FLIGHT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; CALORIC TESTS; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NYSTAGMUS, PHYSIOLOGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS;

EID: 0037317480     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200302000-00022     Document Type: Article

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