Bilateral vestibulopathy: Clinical characteristics and diagnostic criteria

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 812-817

  Kim, Seonhye ^a,b   Oh, Young Mi ^a   Koo, Ja Won ^a   Kim, Ji Soo ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bilateral vestibulopathy; Oscillopsia; Unsteadiness; Vertigo; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CHILD; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS; VESTIBULAR TEST; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALORIC TESTS; CHILD; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS;

EID: 79960016303     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31821a3b7d     Document Type: Article

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