Vertigo, dizziness and imbalance in the elderly

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 466-469

  Uneri A ^a,b   Polat, S ^a  

^a Acibadem Oncology and Neurological Science Hospital   (Turkey)

^b AcIbadem Hastanesi Kozyata I   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aged; Diagnosis; Vertigo; Vestibular Diseases

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MIGRAINE; MOTION SICKNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR DISEASE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIZZINESS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SENSATION DISORDERS; VERTIGO;

EID: 42449156395     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215107000424     Document Type: Article

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