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Lisa Young1, Shervin Badihian2, David S Zee1,3
1Department of Neurology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland USA.
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Repositioning maneuvers for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) designed to induce otoconial movement in one canal can trigger and sometimes unwittingly treat BPPV in other canals. Patients with BPPV are best managed by precisely diagnosing the canal variant and using correctly performed, standardized testing and treatment maneuvers.
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