Clinical implications of a mathematical model of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1039, Issue , 2005, Pages 384-394

  Hain, Timothy C ^a   Squires, Todd M ^b   Stone, Howard A ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; Cupula; Fluid dynamics; Nystagmus; Otoconia; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOLYMPH; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NYSTAGMUS; OTOLITH; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SEMONT MANEUVER;

EID: 22144458672     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1325.036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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