Value of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Audiology in the Emergency Department in Differential Diagnosis of Peripheral and Central Vertigo.
ABS TRACT Ob jec ti ve: Ver ti go is a com mon comp la int in the emer gency ro om. Ver ti go can be central or pe rip he ral in ori gin and it is im por tant for an emer gency physi ci an to ma ke a cor rect dif fe - ren ti al di ag no sis. The pur po se of our study was to emp ha si ze the ro le o...
| Publicado en: | Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 1 - 7 |
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Turkiye Klinikleri
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