Ocular and cervical VEMPs: A study of 74 patients suffering from peripheral vestibular disorders

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1650-1659

  Chiarovano, Elodie ^a   Zamith, Franck ^b   Vidal, Pierre Paul ^a   de Waele, Catherine ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cervical VEMPs; Ocular VEMPs; Saccular; Utricular; Vestibular disorders

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CERVICAL VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HORIZONTAL CANALAR AREFLEXIA; HORIZONTAL CANALAR PARESIS; HUMAN; HYDROPS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; OCULAR VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS; VESTIBULAR TEST; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; CALORIC TESTS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIALS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960257628     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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