Idiopathic bilateral vestibulopathy: An autoimmune disease?

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1042-1047

  Greco, Antonio ^a   De Virgilio, Armando ^a   Gallo, Andrea ^a   Fusconi, Massimo ^a   Ruoppolo, Giovanni ^a   Turchetta, Rosaria ^a   Pagliuca, Giulio ^a   de Vincentiis, Marco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune vestibulopathy; Hearing loss; Idiopathic bilateral vestibulopathy; Labyrinths impairment; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOPSY; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; COCHLEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HAIR CELL; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC BILATERAL VESTIBULOPATHY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INNER EAR; OSCILLOPSIA; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNSTEADY GAIT; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908126411     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: 18730183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2014.08.035     Document Type: Review

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