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  • Title: [Somatoform vertigo syndrome].
    Author: Eckhardt-Henn A, Tschan R, Best C, Dieterich M.
    Journal: Nervenarzt; 2009 Aug; 80(8):909-17. PubMed ID: 19629428.
    Abstract:
    Nearly 50% of the patients in general medicine practice suffer from vertigo. In specialized vertigo clinics approximately 50% of the patients have either a primary or secondary somatoform vertigo, which develops after a peripheral vestibular disorder (in nearly 30%). The different subgroups of somatoform vertigo and a pathogenetic model for the two forms of somatoform vertigo are presented. Interesting interactions between neuro-anatomical, neurophysiological and psychological mechanisms concerning anxiety and vertigo are described. Therapeutic principles which are important for the treatment of patients with complex somatoform vertigo disorders are described.
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