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Current state of diagnostic management of acute vertigo: a survey of neurologists in Germany

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported in part by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Grant No. 01 EO 0901). We thank Martin Müller for helpful advice and one anonymous reviewer for very helpful and constructive comments.

Conflicts of interest

On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest. N. L. received speaker honoraria and travel expenses from Interacoustics, Autronic Reglersysteme GmbH, and MEYTEC GmbH. She is a shareholder and paid consultant of EyeSeeTec GmbH. E. S. is general manager and shareholder of EyeSeeTec GmbH.

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  1. Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, University of Lübeck, Campus Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany

    Christoph Helmchen, Björn Machner & Andreas Sprenger

  2. Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Cottbus, Germany

    Erich Schneider

  3. Institute for Clinical Neurosciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

    Erich Schneider

  4. Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

    Nadine Lehnen & Klaus Jahn

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

    Nadine Lehnen, Klaus Jahn & Erich Schneider

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Helmchen, C., Machner, B., Lehnen, N. et al. Current state of diagnostic management of acute vertigo: a survey of neurologists in Germany. J Neurol 261, 1638–1640 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-014-7405-9

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