Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs): Usefulness in clinical neurotology

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 541-547

  Brantberg, Krister ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Saccule; Utricle; VEMP; Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; AIR CONDUCTION; BONE CONDUCTION; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MENIERE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURILEMOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCULUS; SOUND; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR CANAL DEHISCENCE SYNDROME; UTRICLE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MENIERE DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGY; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS;

EID: 70449369601     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: 10989021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1241042     Document Type: Review

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