Clinical diagnosis of bilateral vestibular loss: Three simple bedside tests

Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-45

  Petersen, Jens A ^a   Straumann, Dominik ^a   Weber, Konrad P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

bilateral vestibular loss; dynamic visual acuity; head impulse test; vertigo

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BILATERAL VESTIBULAR LOSS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MENIERE DISEASE; MENINGITIS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROMBERG TEST; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84871643927     PISSN: 17562856     EISSN: 17562864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1756285612465920     Document Type: Review

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