American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 295-299 , September 2009

Effect of vestibular rehabilitation on dizziness in the elderly

Received 26 March 2007

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☆ This study was supported by the Dankook University Medical Laser Research Fund (R12-2001-050-06007-0).

☆☆ All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Responsible Committee on Human Experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration.

PII: S0196-0709(08)00114-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.06.013

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 295-299 , September 2009

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