A comparison of the monothermal and bithermal caloric tests

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 113-119

  Enticott, J C ^a   Dowell, R C ^a,b   O'Leary, S J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bithermal; Caloric test; Monothermal; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BITHERMAL CALORIC TEST; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERMAL CALORIC TEST; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STIMULUS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

CALORIC TESTS; COLD; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEAT; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0347722474     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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