Detection of human utricular otoconia degeneration in vital specimen and implications for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 271, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3133-3138

  Walther, Leif Erik ^a   Wenzel, Angela ^a   Buder, Jana ^b   Bloching, Marc Boris ^c   Kniep, Rüdiger ^b   Blödow, Alexander ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF SOLIDS   (Germany)

^c HELIOS Clinic Berlin Buch   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; BPPV; Degeneration; Ocular VEMP; Otoconia; Utricle; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886182624     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-013-2784-6     Document Type: Article

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