Long-term course and relapses of vestibular and balance disorders

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-82

  Brandt, Thomas ^a,b   Huppert, Tdoreen ^a,b   Hüfner, Katharina ^b   Zingler, Vera C ^b   Dieterich, Marianne ^b   Strupp, Michael ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign paroxysmal positioning vertigo; Bilateral vestibulopathy; Long term follow up; Meni re's disease; Phobic postural vertigo; Relapse rate; Vestibular neuritis; Vestibular paroxysmia

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BETAHISTINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GABAPENTIN; GENTAMICIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PAROXETINE; PHENYTOIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID; TETRACYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALACICLOVIR; VALPROIC ACID;

BALANCE DISORDER; BASILAR VESTIBULAR MIGRAINE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; BILATERAL VESTIBULOPATHY; CENTRAL VESTIBULAR VERTIGO; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGAN SYNDROME; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; GAIT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENIERE DISEASE; OTOTOXICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERILYMPH FISTULA; PHOBIA; PHOBIC POSTURAL VERTIGO; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; REVIEW; TUMARKIN OTOLITH CRISIS; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS; VESTIBULAR PAROXYSMIA;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MENIERE DISEASE; POSTURAL BALANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; TIME; TIME FACTORS; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 75649127633     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2010-0504     Document Type: Review

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