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Differentiation from Other Clinical Pictures

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Patients with Ménière’s suffer from vertigo and dizziness, hearing loss and tinnitus. All these symptoms are common – even independently of each other. If the symptoms occur together, perhaps only at the same time, this does not mean that the patients already suffer from Meniere’s disease. Nevertheless, there is a great risk of receiving a wrong diagnosis.

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Schaaf, H. (2021). Differentiation from Other Clinical Pictures. In: Ménière’s Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-63610-7_5

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