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Vertigo as a Symptom of Depression
Sir, Many patients come with vertigo as their presenting symptom. They have been to physicians/neurologists/ENT specialists and have been fully investigated and treated symptomatically without any positive findings or relief. On detailed probing, these patients are found to be cases of depression-mostly of retarded variety. There is no specific age, sex, domicile or socioeconomic distribution o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1934
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591573402700708