American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 184-187 , May 2008

Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo involving each semicircular canal

  • Seok Min Hong, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Dong Choon Park, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Catholic University, Suwon, South Korea
    • ,
  • Seung Geun Yeo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-702, Korea. Tel.: +82 2 958 8474; fax: +82 2 958 8470.
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  • Chang Il Cha, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

Received 5 April 2007

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PII: S0196-0709(07)00106-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2007.07.004

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 184-187 , May 2008

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