Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo of the anterior semicircular canal: Atypical clinical findings and possible underlying mechanisms

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 276-282

  Korres, S ^a   Riga, M ^a,d   Balatsouras, D ^b   Sandris, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anterior semicircular canal; Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SEMICIRCULAR CANAL LITHIASIS; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; BODY POSTURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STONE FORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABYRINTH DISEASES; LITHIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; POSTURE; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

EID: 44649093348     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020801958843     Document Type: Article

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