Vertigo in brainstem and cerebellar strokes

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-95

  Choi, Kwang Dong ^a   Lee, Hyung ^b   Kim, Ji Soo ^c  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Keimyung University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

brainstem; cerebellum; dizziness; stroke; vertigo

Indexed keywords

ACUTE VESTIBULAR SYNDROME; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CEREBELLUM STROKE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULAR NYSTAGMUS; VESTIBULAR TEST;

BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; HUMANS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; STROKE; VERTIGO;

EID: 84872897902     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32835c5edd     Document Type: Review

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