Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 222, Issue 1 , Pages 105-107 , 15 July 2004

Sudden deafness with vertigo as a sole manifestation of anterior inferior cerebellar artery infarction

  • Hyung Lee

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 194 Dongsan dong, Daegu 700-712, South Korea. Tel.: +82-53-250-7835; fax: +82-53-250-7840.
    • Department of Neurology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea
    • Brain Research Institute, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea
    • ,
  • Byung-Hoon Ahn

      Affiliations

    • Otorhinolaryngology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea
    • ,
  • Robert W Baloh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Division of Surgery (Head and Neck), UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Received 2 March 2004 ,Accepted 5 April 2004.

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PII: S0022-510X(04)00107-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2004.04.005

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 222, Issue 1 , Pages 105-107 , 15 July 2004

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