Differential diagnosis of vertigo
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Vertigo in children: differential diagnosis and treatment.
A study of vertigo in 50 children showed that a careful neurological examination should be performed for all patients. A detailed family and personal history to find possible episodes of loss of consciousness or seizures should be obtained; 13 children with vertiginous seizures had a positive family history for seizures and 5 had febrile seizures in infancy. Electroencephalograms should be obta...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medicine and Life Science
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2671-4922
DOI: 10.22730/jmls.2019.16.3.64