Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo among elderly patients in primary health care

Gerontology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 386-389

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

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; Dizziness; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HALLPIKE MANEUVER; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN; VERTIGO; VESTIBULE;

EID: 27944444881     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088702     Document Type: Article

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