Head impulse test reveals residual semicircular canal function after vestibular neurectomy

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2294-2296

  Lehnen, Nadine ^a,b   Aw, Swee T ^a   Todd, Michael J ^a   Halmagyi, G Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EYE POSITION; HEAD IMPULSE TEST; HEAD POSITION; HEARING; HUMAN; MENIERE DISEASE; NEURECTOMY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR TEST; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 2942704001     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.62.12.2294     Document Type: Article

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