Evaluation of balance disorders

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Goebel JA. 2015 Equilibrium Committee Amendment to the 1995 AAO-HNS Guidelines for the Definition of Ménière's Disease. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016 Mar;154(3):403-4. Abstract

Expert Panel on Neurologic Imaging:, Sharma A, Kirsch CFE, et al. ACR Appropriateness Criteria(®) Hearing Loss and/or Vertigo. J Am Coll Radiol. 2018 Nov;15(11s):S321-S331.Full text  Abstract

Expert Panel on Neurologic Imaging:, Salmela MB, Mortazavi S, et al. ACR Appropriateness Criteria(®) Cerebrovascular Disease. J Am Coll Radiol. 2017 May;14(5s):S34-S61.Full text  Abstract

Bhattacharyya N, Gubbels SP, Schwartz SR, et al. Clinical Practice Guideline: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (Update). Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 Mar;156(3_suppl):S1-S47. Abstract

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