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Ocular flutter is a rare and treatment-responsive symptom in Lyme neuroborreliosis: a case report

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  1. Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

    Fiona Jäger, Stefan Greisenegger, Felix K. Schwarz & Gerald Wiest

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FJ: Design and conceptualized study; major role in the acquisition of data; drafting and revising the manuscript for intellectual content. GS: Major role in the acquisition of data; analysis and interpretation of the data. FKS: Drafting and revising the manuscript for intellectual content. WG: Major role in the acquisition of data; analysis and interpretation of the data; revising the manuscript for intellectual content.

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Correspondence to Gerald Wiest.

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Jäger, F., Greisenegger, S., Schwarz, F.K. et al. Ocular flutter is a rare and treatment-responsive symptom in Lyme neuroborreliosis: a case report. J Neurol 269, 1026–1027 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-021-10769-2

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