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Functional dizziness: diagnostic keys and differential diagnosis

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Acknowledgments

We thank Judy Benson for copy-editing the manuscript. The work was supported by the German Ministry of Education and Research (Grant Nos. 01EO0901 and 01EO1401) and the Hertie Foundation.

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  1. Institute for Clinical Neurosciences and German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Campus Großhadern, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

    Thomas Brandt & Doreen Huppert

  2. Department of Neurology and German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Campus Großhadern, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

    Michael Strupp & Marianne Dieterich

  3. SyNergy, Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology, Munich, Germany

    Marianne Dieterich

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Brandt, T., Huppert, D., Strupp, M. et al. Functional dizziness: diagnostic keys and differential diagnosis. J Neurol 262, 1977–1980 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-015-7826-0

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