Margaret Dix, Charles Hallpike and the ‘Lagerungs’ Manoeuvre

ABSTRACT The main objective of this manuscript is to describe some personal and professional aspects of two outstanding researchers and pioneers in neuro-otology. Among other achievements, Margaret Ruth Dix, and Charles Skinner Hallpike, designed the most-used provocative test for positional nystagm...

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Veröffentlicht in:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria 2018-08, Vol.76 (8), p.563-565
Hauptverfasser: Maranhão-Filho, Péricles, Nandi, Raj, Maranhão, Eliana T.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:ABSTRACT The main objective of this manuscript is to describe some personal and professional aspects of two outstanding researchers and pioneers in neuro-otology. Among other achievements, Margaret Ruth Dix, and Charles Skinner Hallpike, designed the most-used provocative test for positional nystagmus for the diagnosis of lithiasis in the vestibular posterior semicircular canal.
ISSN:0004-282X
1678-4227
1678-4227
DOI:10.1590/0004-282X20180075