Episodic vertigo

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-9

  Lempert, Thomas ^a,b   Von Brevern, Michael ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Schlosspark Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Migraine; Oscillopsia; Positional vertigo; Superior canal dehiscence; Vestibular rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; SEROTONIN AGONIST; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BALANCE DISORDER; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; DIZZINESS; EPISODIC VERTIGO; EPLEY MANEUVER; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINOUS VERTIGO; MOTION SICKNESS; OSCILLOPSIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIONAL VERTIGO; REVIEW; SEMONT MANEUVER; SUPERIOR SEMICIRCULAR CANAL DEHISCENCE SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VESTIBULAR REHABILITATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 13944270214     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-200502000-00003     Document Type: Review

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