The ice-water caloric test

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1414-1419

  Batuecas Caletrio, Angel ^a   Montes Jovellar, Lourdes ^b   Boleas Aguirre, Maria Soledad ^b   Perez Fernandez, Nicolas ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caloric test; Vertigo; Vestibular arreflexia; Videonystagmography

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER; ICE;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; EAR; GRAVITY; HUMAN; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENIERE DISEASE; MIGRAINE; NYSTAGMUS; OTOSCLEROSIS; OTOTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS; VESTIBULAR TEST;

CALORIC TESTS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DIZZINESS; HUMANS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 70450194899     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016480902791686     Document Type: Article

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