Vertigo: Part 2 - Management in general practice

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 409-413

  Kuo, Chíh Hung ^a   Pang, Leo ^b   Chang, Robert ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; MECLOZINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN STEM; CAR DRIVING; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; VERTIGO;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIEMETICS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MECLIZINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURE; VERTIGO;

EID: 51449098015     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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