Sudden bilateral simultaneous deafness with vertigo as a sole manifestation of vertebrobasilar insufficiency

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 539-541

  Lee, H ^a,c   Yi, H A ^a   Baloh, R W ^b  

^a Keimyung University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Keimyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; BASILAR ARTERY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY; VERTIGO; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

EID: 0037379982     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.4.539     Document Type: Article

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