Making a diagnosis in patients who present with vertigo

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7873, 2012, Pages

  Kaski, D ^a   Bronstein, A M ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

BED REST; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIZZINESS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABYRINTHITIS; MIGRAINE; NYSTAGMUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIZZINESS; HUMANS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS;

EID: 84866121039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e5809     Document Type: Editorial

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