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. 1995 Aug 19;311(7003):489–491. doi: 10.1136/bmj.311.7003.489

Benign positional vertigo: recognition and treatment.

T Lempert 1, M A Gresty 1, A M Bronstein 1
PMCID: PMC2550547  PMID: 7647646

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