Transient bilateral vestibular dysfunction caused by intoxication with low doses of styrene

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 271, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 619-623

  Fischer, Carolin Simone ^a   Bayer, Otmar ^a   Strupp, Michael ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; STYRENE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BARANY TEST; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT; FOREHEAD; HEAD IMPULSE TEST; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; UNSTEADINESS; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VIBRATION SENSE; VIDEOOCULOGRAPHY; WEAKNESS;

AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SENSATION DISORDERS; STYRENE; VERTIGO;

EID: 84896696584     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-013-2819-z     Document Type: Article

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