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Horizontal head impulse test detects gentamicin vestibulotoxicitySYMBOL

Authors :
Weber, K P.
Aw, S T.
Todd, M J.
McGarvie, L A.
Curthoys, I S.
Halmagyi, G M.
Source :
Neurology (Ovid); April 2009, Vol. 72 Issue: 16 p1417-1424, 8p
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

Parenteral antibiotic therapy with gentamicin, even in accepted therapeutic doses, can occasionally cause bilateral vestibular loss (BVL) due to hair cell toxicity.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00283878 and 1526632X
Volume :
72
Issue :
16
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Neurology (Ovid)
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs49020042
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181a18652