Drop Attacks and Vertigo Secondary to a Non-Meniere Otologic Cause
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Drop attacks and vertigo secondary to a non-meniere otologic cause.
BACKGROUND Tumarkin falls are sudden drop-attack falls that occur in a subset of patients with Meniere syndrome (endolymphatic hydrops), an inner ear disorder characterized by vertigo spells and hearing loss. OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical features and quantitative audiovestibular testing results in a case series of patients with Tumarkin falls, episodic vertigo, and normal hearing. SET...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Neurology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0003-9942
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.60.1.71