Vertebral artery hypoplasia may contribute to abnormal vestibular evoked myogenic potentials

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-117

  Chuang, Yu Ming ^a,c,d   Chen, Chien Chih ^b   Lin, Ching Po ^c  

^a Lo Sheng Sanatorium ^*  (Taiwan)

^b TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hypoperfusion; MR angiogram; Vertebral artery hypoplasia; Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 67650500808     PISSN: 10196099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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