Purely vertical upbeat nystagmus in bilateral posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: A case report

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 208-209

  Beyea, Jason A ^a   Parnes, Lorne S ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; Bilateral benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; Straight back head hanging position; Upbeating nystagmus; Vertical nystagmus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NYSTAGMUS; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; UPBEATING NYSTAGMUS; VERTICAL NYSTAGMUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; RADIOGRAPHY; VERTIGO;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTIGO;

EID: 74049107380     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20730     Document Type: Article

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