Balance disorders in adults: an overview.
Dizziness is a common and potentially disabling complaint. A multitude of medical and otological conditions may manifest as disequilibrium. Symptomatic improvement in peripheral vestibular lesion is the result of central compensation and not restoration of normal labyrinthine function.
Palaniappan
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Royal National Throat Nose & Ear Hospital, London WC1X 8DA.
D000328:Adult; D004244:Dizziness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*