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ArticleCerebellum (London, England)2021

An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Vestibular, Cerebellar, and Oculomotor Disorders Using a Systematized Clinical Bedside Examination.

Francisco Zuma E Maia, Bernardo Faria Ramos, Pedro Luiz Mangabeira Albernaz, Renato Cal, Michael C Schubert

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Article in Cerebellum (London, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Oculo-vestibular signs in experimentally induced migraine attacks: an exploratory analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Francisco Zuma E MaiaENT Preceptor of Residency Program INSCER-PUC-RS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Bernardo Faria RamosOtolaryngology, Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Vitória, Brazil. bernardoframos@gmail.com.
Pedro Luiz Mangabeira AlbernazOtolaryngology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Renato CalOtolaryngology, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil.
Michael C SchubertLaboratory of Vestibular Neuroadaptation, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Broadway, MD, USA.
Instituto do Cérebro · BRJohns Hopkins Medicine · USUniversidade Federal de São Paulo · BRUniversidade Federal do Espírito Santo · BRUniversidade Federal do Pará · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The bedside examination associated with their clinical history remains the most critical means to accurately diagnose the cause for most of the signs and symptoms related to pathology of the cerebellum and vestibular system in patients presenting with dizziness and imbalance. This paper focuses on those critical bedside examinations, suggests when laboratory testing might be useful to confirm the clinical suspicion, and considers the shared neural circuitry within the visual and vestibular systems to offer an algorithmic approach in conducting the clinical bedside examination.

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Nystagmus, PathologicVestibule, LabyrinthAlgorithmsCerebellumEye MovementsHumansReflex, Vestibulo-OcularCerebellumEye movementsLabyrinthOcular motility disordersPathologic nystagmusVestibuleVestibulo-ocular reflex

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PMID32180117
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