Revisiting benign paroxysmal positional vertigo pathophysiology

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 250-255

  Marom, Tal ^a   Oron, Yahav ^a   Watad, Waseem ^a   Levy, Dalia ^a   Roth, Yehudah ^a,b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCULUS; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; TEMPORAL BONE; UTRICLE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EAR, INNER; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 67649194760     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.06.009     Document Type: Review

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