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Approaching the patient

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Vertigo

Abstract

About 50% of all patients presenting with dizziness, vertigo, or disequilibrium in a neurological dizziness unit will be suffering from one of the five following common syndromes (Table 2.1):

  • benign paroxysmal positioning vertigo,

  • phobic postural vertigo,

  • basilar migraine,

  • Menière’s disease, or

  • vestibular neuritis.

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Brandt, T. (2003). Approaching the patient. In: Vertigo. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3801-8_2

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