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The nystagmus of vestibular paroxysmia

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The authors would like to thank Dr. GM Halmagyi for his linguistic correction and comprehensive comments on our manuscript.

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

    Seo-Young Choi & Kwang-Dong Choi

  2. Department of Neurology, Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, South Korea

    Jae-Hwan Choi

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Video. The patient with right vestibular paroxysmia shows spontaneous left-beating nystagmus without fixation which is intervened by paroxysmal right-beating nystagmus immediately after a feeling of rotational vertigo (when putting his right hand up) (WMV 13857 KB)

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Choi, SY., Choi, JH. & Choi, KD. The nystagmus of vestibular paroxysmia. J Neurol 265, 1711–1713 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-018-8920-x

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