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Aperiodic alternating nystagmus in isolated vestibular nucleus infarction

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, Research Institute of Medical Science, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Chang-Hee Kim

  2. Department of Neurology, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute, 179, Gudeok-ro, Seo-gu, Busan, 602-739, South Korea

    Kwang-Dong Choi

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Supplemental Video 1

. The patient show right-beating spontaneous nystagmus about 15 hours after symptom onset (AVI 335404 kb)

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. The patient show aperiodic alternating nystagmus about 40 hours after symptom onset (upper panel of Fig. 1b). (AVI 179396 kb)

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Kim, CH., Choi, KD. Aperiodic alternating nystagmus in isolated vestibular nucleus infarction. J Neurol 266, 2875–2877 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-019-09504-9

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