Dizzy patients: the varieties of vertigo.
Some vertigo results from acute viral labyrinthitis or a cerebrovascular event; many cases are due to loose particulate matter within the semicircular canals. In the vast majority of patients, a careful history and appropriate clinical tests will suffice to identify the cause of the vertigo--and with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, a simple clinical maneuver can also provide a cure.
Baloh
R W
RW
Department of Neurology, Reed Neurological Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Baringer
J R
JR
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