Caloric testing. background, technique, and interpretation

Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue C, 2010, Pages 135-140

  Fetter, Michael ^a  

^a Klinikum Karlsbad Langensteinbach   (Germany)

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EID: 77957069793     PISSN: 15674231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-4231(10)09010-6     Document Type: Review

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