Diagnostic accuracy of acute vestibular syndrome at the bedside in a stroke unit

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 855-861

  Chen, L ^a   Lee, W ^a   Chambers, B R ^a   Dewey, H M ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute vestibular syndrome; Brainstem stroke; Neurological examination; Nystagmus; Ocular motility; Skew deviation; Vertigo; Vestibular neuritis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE VESTIBULAR SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS;

EID: 79959927742     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5853-4     Document Type: Article

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