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Optic disc edema as a sole manifestation of anti-GQ1b antibody syndrome

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (No. NRF-2016R1D1A1B04935568).

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  1. Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center, 73 Goryeodae-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Seong-Hwan Kim, Seol-Hee Baek, Sun-Uk Lee & Sungwook Yu

  2. Department of Neurology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Seol-Hee Baek, Sungwook Yu & Ji-Soo Kim

  3. Department of Neurology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Sun-Uk Lee

  4. Dizziness Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea

    Ji-Soo Kim

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S-HK analyzed and interpreted the data and wrote the manuscript. S-HB, SY, and J-SK analyzed and interpreted the data, and revised the manuscript. S-UL designed and conceptualized the study, interpreted the data, and revised the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Sun-Uk Lee.

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Drs. S. H. Kim, Baek, Lee, and Yu report no disclosures. Dr. J. S. Kim serves as an associate editor of Frontiers in Neuro-otology and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Neurology, Frontiers in Neuro-ophthalmology, Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology, Journal of Vestibular Research, Journal of Neurology, Medicine, and Clinical Translational Neuroscience.

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This study followed the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki and was performed according to the guidelines of Institutional Review Board of Korea University Anam Hospital (2021AN0081).

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Kim, SH., Baek, SH., Lee, SU. et al. Optic disc edema as a sole manifestation of anti-GQ1b antibody syndrome. J Neurol 268, 2263–2266 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-021-10518-5

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