Contribution of intracranial vertebral artery asymmetry to vestibular neuropathy

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 823-825

  Chuang, Y M ^a,b   Chern, Chang Ming ^a   Liao, W H ^a,c   Hsu, L C ^a   Lien, C F ^a,c   Lirng, J F ^a,c   Shiao, A S ^a,c   Ko, J S C ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Lo Sheng Sanatorium ^*  (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL VERTEBRAL ARTERY ASYMMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY HYPOPLASIA; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH; VESTIBULAR NEUROPATHY;

EID: 79959895147     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.203323     Document Type: Article

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