Margaret Dix, Charles Hallpike and the ‘Lagerungs’ Manoeuvre

Autor: Péricles Maranhão-Filho, Raj Nandi, Eliana T. Maranhão
Jazyk: angličtina
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Zdroj: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Vol 76, Iss 8, Pp 563-565
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-4227
0004-282x
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282x20180075
Popis: ABSTRACT The main objective of this manuscript is to describe some personal and professional aspects of two outstanding researchers and pioneers in neuro-otology. Among other achievements, Margaret Ruth Dix, and Charles Skinner Hallpike, designed the most-used provocative test for positional nystagmus for the diagnosis of lithiasis in the vestibular posterior semicircular canal.
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