Clinical Survey of Peripheral Vestibular Disorders (1980-1982)

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  • 末梢性前庭障害患者の3年間の調査
  • マッショウセイ ゼンテイ ショウガイ カンジャ ノ 3ネンカン ノ チョウサ

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Eight hundred and seventy-seven patients were diagnosed to have peripheral vestibular diseases among 3, 602 patients who had visited the Neurootological Clinic of the Kitasato University Hospital from 1980 to 1982. The percentage of peripheral vestibular diseases was as follows: sensorineural deafness, 20.8%; vertigo and dizziness in chronic middle ear inflammation, 19.3%; Meniere's disease, 16.4%; sudden deafness, 14.9%; postional vertigo of benign paroxysmal type, 11.1%; and vestibular neuritis, 3.4%.<br>Several clues for the diagnosis of peripheral vestibular diseases and the importance of neurological examination were discussed.

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