Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 392-398 , April 2001

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: Diagnosis and treatment in the emergency department—a review of the literature and discussion of canalith-repositioning maneuvers

  • Paul Koelliker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
    • ,
  • Richard L. Summers, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
    • ,
  • Brian Hawkins, BS

      Affiliations

    • University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, TN.

Received 16 March 2000 ,Revised 11 September 2000 ,Accepted 2 October 2000.

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☆ Address for reprints: Paul Koelliker, MD, 466 Arundel Drive, Brandon, MS 39047; 601-992-7673, fax,601-984-5583; E-mail pkoelliker@aol.com.

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doi: 10.1067/mem.2001.112250

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 392-398 , April 2001

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