Disorders affecting the fourth ventricle: Etiology and clinical correlates

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1329-1335

  Su, Chia Hung ^a   Young, Yi Ho ^b  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Fourth ventricle; Nystagmus; Ocular and cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULAR TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ATAXIA; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIALS; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 80052964493     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31822e5ba7     Document Type: Article

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