Vertiginous Patients Seen at the Neuro-Otological Clinic of Kitasato University Hospital during the Past 25 Years.

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  • Hoshino Isao
    Department of Otolarynogology, Kitasato University School of Medicine
  • Tokumasu Koji
    Department of Otolarynogology, Kitasato University School of Medicine
  • Fujino Akito
    Department of Otolarynogology, Kitasato University School of Medicine
  • Naganuma Hideaki
    Department of Otolarynogology, Kitasato University School of Medicine
  • Arai Motohiro
    Department of Otolarynogology, Kitasato University School of Medicine
  • Yoneda Satoshi
    Department of Biophysiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine

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  • 北里大学耳鼻咽喉科めまい外来２５年間の患者推移

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Diagnosis and age at on set were investigated in 18, 246 vertiginous patients who had visited the neuro-otological clinic in Kitasato University Hospital between August 1971 and December 1995. There was a high incidence of the patients in the 4th decade, but the age distribution showed a recent tendency to shift toward older patients. The proportion of patients with peripheral vestibular disorders, diseases of the central nervous system, generalized diseases and others were 30.1%, 17.7%, 6.6% and 45.6%, respectively. Ménière's disease was diagnosed in 6.67% and BPPV in 4.72% of all patients.

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  • Equilibrium Research

    Equilibrium Research 56 (3), 274-283, 1997

    Japan Society for Equilibrium Research

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