Vestibular areflexia: Under the radar

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 499-500

  Leigh, R John ^a   Thurtell, Matthew ^b  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AREFLEXIA; EDITORIAL; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; VESTIBULAR AREFLEXIA; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VISUAL ACUITY;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 34447506710     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21137     Document Type: Editorial

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