The perilymphatic fistula: new diagnostic criteria and clinical characteristics
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[Idiopathic perilymphatic fistula].
Fourty cases with surgically confirmed idiopathic perilymphatic fistula (IPF) were investigated on predisposing factors, sings and symptoms. The most common predisposing factors in the occurrence of IPF was significant exertion causing pressure change in tympanic cavity and cerebrospinal fluid. Ninety-two percents of the patients with IPF had auditory symptoms. Seventy percent of the patients h...
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عنوان ژورنال: Equilibrium Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0385-5716,1882-577X
DOI: 10.3757/jser.72.215