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Vestibular hypofunction after monosodium glutamate ingestion: broadening the spectrum of ‘Chinese restaurant syndrome’

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  1. Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40224, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Verena I. Leussink, Hans-Peter Hartung & Bernd C. Kieseier

  2. Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX, 75390-9036, USA

    Olaf Stüve

  3. Neurology Section, VA North Texas Health Care System, Medical Service, Dallas VA Medical Center, 4500 South Lancaster Rd., Dallas, TX, 75216, USA

    Olaf Stüve

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Leussink, V.I., Hartung, HP., Stüve, O. et al. Vestibular hypofunction after monosodium glutamate ingestion: broadening the spectrum of ‘Chinese restaurant syndrome’. J Neurol 263, 1027–1028 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-016-8110-7

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