Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: Is vestibular evoked myogenic potential testing useful?

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-43

  Longo, Giovanni ^a   Onofri, Marina ^a   Pellicciari, Teresa ^a   Quaranta, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Electrophysiology; Macula; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIALS; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84455199840     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2011.619570     Document Type: Article

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