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Vertigo and Dizziness: Frequent Multisensory Symptoms

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Vertigo and dizziness are the leading symptoms of various sensorimotor syndromes of different pathophysiologies, etiologies, and underlying diseases. There are three different forms:

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  1. Department of Neurology and German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany

    Michael Strupp & Marianne Dieterich

  2. German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany

    Thomas Brandt

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Strupp, M., Brandt, T., Dieterich, M. (2023). Vertigo and Dizziness: Frequent Multisensory Symptoms. In: Vertigo and Dizziness. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78260-3_1

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