Anterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: An underappreciated entity

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 218-222

  Jackson, Lance E ^a   Morgan, Barry ^a   Fletcher Jr , Jeffrey C ^b   Krueger, Wesley W O ^a  

^a Ear Institute of Texas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior semicircular canal; Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; Canalithiasis; Cupulolithiasis; Electronystagmography; Head trauma; Video oculography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; CANALITHIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPULITHIASIS; EAR DISEASE; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; STONE FORMATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EAR CANAL; EAR DISEASES; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERTIGO; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33846605097     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000247825.90774.6b     Document Type: Review

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