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Margaret Dix, Charles Hallpike and the ‘Lagerungs’ Manoeuvre

Margaret Dix, Charles Hallpike e a Manobra ‘Lagerungs’

ABSTRACT

The main objective of this manuscript is to describe some personal and professional aspects of two outstanding researchers and pioneers in neuro-otology. Among other achievements, Margaret Ruth Dix, and Charles Skinner Hallpike, designed the most-used provocative test for positional nystagmus for the diagnosis of lithiasis in the vestibular posterior semicircular canal.

Keywords:
Margaret R. Dix; Charles S. Hallpike; vestibulolithiasis

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