Benign Paroxysmal Vertigo, and Bárány’s Caloric Reactions

Vol. 57, No. 4, 2007

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Benign Paroxysmal Vertigo, and Bárány's Caloric Reactions
J.M.S. Pearce

Emeritus Consultant Neurologist, Department of Neurology, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK

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Eur Neurol 2007;57:246-248 (DOI: 10.1159/000101292)

Key Words

Benign positional vertigo
Bárány
Caloric reactions

Abstract

The Nobel Prize winner Robert Bárány described benign positional vertigo and related it to the otoliths in 1921. Dix and Hallpike further elucidated this clinically distinctive, common disorder in 1952. The displacement of otoliths from the utricle or saccule into one of the semicircular canals later proved to be the underlying mechanism, described by Schuknecht and utilised therapeutically by Semont and Epley.

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J.M.S. Pearce
304 Beverley Road
Anlaby, East Yorks HU10 7BG (UK)

Article Information

Received: November 4, 2006
Accepted: November 8, 2006
Published online: March 26, 2007
Number of Print Pages : 3
Number of Figures : 1, Number of Tables : 0, Number of References : 14

Medline Abstract (ID 17389805)

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