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This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they exist. The article ends with the author's clinical recommendations.

A 53-year-old man awoke in the morning with acute dizziness. He staggered to the bathroom, where he vomited repeatedly. When he was seen at a local emergency room 12 hours later, he had left-beating nystagmus in all positions of gaze but otherwise no focal neurologic findings. How should he be evaluated and treated?

The Clinical Problem

Acute spontaneous vertigo results from an imbalance in tonic . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Strategies and Evidence

Diagnosis

Therapy

Areas of Uncertainty

Guidelines

Conclusions and Recommendations

Source Information

From the Departments of Neurology and Surgery (Head and Neck), UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Baloh at the UCLA Dept. of Neurology, Box 951769, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769, or at rwbaloh@ucla.edu.

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