Enlarged vestibular aqueduct (EVA) related with recurrent benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-65

  Manzari, Leonardo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOLYMPH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNER EAR DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULE AQUEDUCT; VESTIBULE AQUEDUCT ENLARGEMENT;

HUMANS; POSTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VESTIBULAR AQUEDUCT; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS;

EID: 36348984894     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.04.032     Document Type: Article

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