The Dix-Hallpike test and the canalith repositioning maneuver

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 184-187

  Viirre, Erik ^a,b   Purcell, Ian ^a   Baloh, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign positional vertigo; Canalith repositioning maneuver; Dix Hallpike test

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OTOLOGICAL; HUMANS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; POSTURE; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; VERTIGO;

EID: 11844299641     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000150707.66569.d4     Document Type: Review

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