Oscillucusis and sudden deafness in a migraine patient
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Oscillucusis and sudden deafness in a migraine patient.
Migraine is a complex disease that includes neurologic, gastrointestinal and autonomic symptoms, although headache is most common feature. In a portion of cases headache is preceded by focal neurologic symptoms termed auras. Auditory symptoms only rarely occur as part of an aura. We describe a patient whose 13-year migraine history that included the abnormal perception an oscillation of the int...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2003000500026