Dizziness and vertigo in vertebrobasilar disease. Part 1: peripheral and systemic causes dizziness.
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Dizziness and vertigo in vertebrobasilar disease. Part II. Central causes and vertebrobasilar disease.
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.11.3.301