Assessment and management of vertigo and dizziness among older persons

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-234

  Hansson, Eva Ekvall ^a,b   Månsson, Nils Ove ^a   Håkansson, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIZZINESS; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NECK MUSCLE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULE;

EID: 25844525762     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259805001565     Document Type: Review

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