title: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). Clinical features in 34 cases and review of literature.
abstract: The clinical features of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo are analysed in 34 patients. These features are detectable by careful examination and are explained by an abnormal stimulation of a posterior semicircular canal of the labyrinth. Cupulolithiasis could be the mechanism which makes this cupula gravity-sensitive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge, Belgium.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dehaene
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009759:Nystagmus, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011187:Posture; D011930:Reaction Time; D012665:Semicircular Canals / Q000503:physiopathology; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*