Recent advances in the genetics of recurrent vertigo and vestibulopathy

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-7

  Jen, Joanna C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics of benign recurrent vertigo; Migraine; Vestibulopathy

Indexed keywords

ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPISODIC ATAXIA TYPE 1; EPISODIC ATAXIA TYPE 2; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; HEARING; HUMAN; MENIERE DISEASE; MIGRAINE; MYOKYMIA; NYSTAGMUS; REVIEW; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

CALCIUM CHANNELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KV1.1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MUTATION; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 37849038231     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e3282f41ca0     Document Type: Review

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