Making a diagnosis in vertigo

The ability to stand is not diagnostic in vertigo

BMJ 2012; 345 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e6542 (Published 2 October 2012)
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  1. Peter Foley, neurology registrar1
  1. 1NHS Lothian, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
  1. peterfoley{at}nhs.net

Kaski and Bronstein provide an excellent résumé of clinical diagnostic approaches to acute vertigo.1 Some clinicians, however, may be reluctant to distinguish cerebellar stroke from vestibular neuritis by …

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