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Charcot's vertigo
Associated persons:
Jean-Martin Charcot
Description:
Cough syncope. A rare condition in which vertigo or syncope, caused by an attack of coughing, results in laryngeal spasm or closure of the glottis.
Bibliography:
- J. M. Charcot:
Du vertige laryngé. Progrés médical, Paris, 1879; 17: 317-319.
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