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19 October 2004

Easy, Inexpensive, and Effective: Vestibular Exercises for Balance Control

Publication: Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume 141, Number 8
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cover image Annals of Internal Medicine
Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume 141Number 819 October 2004
Pages: 641 - 643

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Published online: 19 October 2004
Published in issue: 19 October 2004

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Marianne Dieterich, MD
From Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
Acknowledgment: The author thanks Judy Benson for critically reading the manuscript.
Grant Support: From the German Research Foundation.
Disclosures: None disclosed.
Corresponding Author: Marianne Dieterich, MD, Department of Neurology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Langenbeck-strasse 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany; e-mail, [email protected].

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Marianne Dieterich. Easy, Inexpensive, and Effective: Vestibular Exercises for Balance Control. Ann Intern Med.2004;141:641-643. [Epub 19 October 2004]. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00013

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