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RCVS and TGA: a common pathophysiology?

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Funding

The study was performed as a project of the German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders (DSGZ) (Grant number 01 EO 0901) with the support of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

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  1. Andreas Straube and Andreas Zwergal contributed equally.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

    Katharina Kamm, Florian Schöberl, Denis Grabova, Andreas Straube & Andreas Zwergal

  2. Department of Neurology and German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders (DSGZ), Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

    Florian Schöberl, Denis Grabova, Andreas Straube & Andreas Zwergal

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KK: drafting/revising the manuscript, acquisition of data, and analysis and interpretation of data. FS: drafting/revising the manuscript, acquisition of data, and analysis and interpretation of data. DG: drafting/revising the manuscript, acquisition of data, and analysis and interpretation of data. AS: drafting/revising the manuscript, and analysis and interpretation of data. AZ: drafting/revising the manuscript, and analysis and interpretation of data.

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Correspondence to Andreas Zwergal.

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Ms. Kamm reports no disclosures. Dr. Schöberl reports no disclosures. Mr. Grabova reports no disclosures. Prof. Straube reports no disclosures. Dr. Zwergal reports no disclosures.

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The Ethics Committee of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, approved the standardized testing of spatial orientation and memory. The patient participated after informed written consent.

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Kamm, K., Schöberl, F., Grabova, D. et al. RCVS and TGA: a common pathophysiology?. J Neurol 266, 2872–2874 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-019-09495-7

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