Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials - We live in interesting times

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 631-633

  Halmagyi, G M ^a   Carey, J P ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUSTRALIA; EDITORIAL; ELECTRIC CURRENT; HISTORY; INNER EAR; MASTOID; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SOUND PRESSURE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 77949913899     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.01.035     Document Type: Editorial

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