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Development of a diagnostic framework for vestibular causes of dizziness and unsteadiness in patients with multisensory neurological disease: a Delphi consensus

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to the EAN secretariat for the help in sending invitations to the neuro-otology scientific committee panel members.

Funding

The clinical and diagnostic ‘Rare Mitochondrial Disorders’ Service in London is funded by the UK NHS Highly Specialised Commissioners. A.J.M., S.L.H., M.G.H., R.D.S.P., G.M.R and D.K. received funding from The Lily Foundation. R.D.S.P. is supported by a Medical Research Council (UK) Clinician Scientist Fellowship (MR/S002065/1). R.D.S.P. and M.G.H. are supported by a Medical Research Council award (MC_PC_21046) to establish a National Mouse Genetics Network Mitochondria Cluster (MitoCluster) and by a Medical Research Council strategic award (MR/S005021/1) to establish an International Centre for Genomic Medicine in Neuromuscular Diseases (ICGNMD). D.K is supported by the National Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre.

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  1. Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, University College London, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK

    Amanda J. Male & Diego Kaski

  2. NHS Highly Specialised Service for Rare Mitochondrial Disorders, Queen Square Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK

    Sarah L. Holmes, Michael G. Hanna & Robert D. S. Pitceathly

  3. Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK

    Michael G. Hanna, Robert D. S. Pitceathly & Gita M. Ramdharry

  4. Queen Square Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK

    Gita M. Ramdharry

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AJM and DK: data analysis (co-leads), investigation (co-leads), manuscript preparation (co-leads). AJM, SLH, GMR, DK: study conceptualisation, methodology, manuscript review and editing. GMR: supervision (of analysis). RDSP: manuscript editing and review. MGH: manuscript editing and review.

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All data collected in Google forms were anonymous and exported into excel for analysis. Health Research Authority (HRA) and Joint Research Office ethical approvals were obtained as part of the observational study.

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Male, A.J., Holmes, S.L., Hanna, M.G. et al. Development of a diagnostic framework for vestibular causes of dizziness and unsteadiness in patients with multisensory neurological disease: a Delphi consensus. J Neurol 270, 3252–3257 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-023-11640-2

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