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Causes of Persistent Dizziness in Elderly Patients in Primary Care

Otto R. Maarsingh, Jacquelien Dros, François G. Schellevis, Henk C. van Weert, Danielle A. van der Windt, Gerben ter Riet and Henriette E. van der Horst
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2010, 8 (3) 196-205; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1116
Otto R. Maarsingh
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vol. 8 no. 3 196-205
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1116
PubMed 
20458102

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication August 10, 2009
  • Revision received November 24, 2009
  • Accepted for publication December 3, 2009
  • Published online May 10, 2010.

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  1. Otto R. Maarsingh, MD1,
  2. Jacquelien Dros, MD2,
  3. François G. Schellevis, MD, PhD1,3,
  4. Henk C. van Weert, MD, PhD2,
  5. Danielle A. van der Windt, PhD1,4,
  6. Gerben ter Riet, MD, PhD2 and
  7. Henriette E. van der Horst, MD, PhD1
  1. 1Department of Family Practice and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  2. 2Department of Family Practice, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  3. 3NIVEL, The Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  4. 4Primary Care Sciences Research Centre, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, England
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Otto R. Maarsingh, MD, Department of Family Practice and Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center (D556), Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands, o.maarsingh{at}vumc.nl
  1. Portions of this article have been presented at the Dizziness Conference, Garderen, The Netherlands, May 2009; and the European General Practice Research Network, Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 2009.

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Otto R. Maarsingh, Jacquelien Dros, François G. Schellevis, Henk C. van Weert, Danielle A. van der Windt, Gerben ter Riet, Henriette E. van der Horst
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2010, 8 (3) 196-205; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1116

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