Dizziness in the elderly
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Falls and dizziness in the elderly.
The complaint of dizziness is one of the most common reasons that older adults feel constrained to visit the doctor's office. Because of a growing number of older people in the industrial society the problem grows. Therapeutic process of elderly people with vertigo and dizziness needs more than vestibular diagnostics. In addition to sufficient anamnesis, presence of visual deficits, extrasensor...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1981-2256,1809-9823
DOI: 10.1590/1981-22562018021.180063