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Primary ventriculitis presenting with isolated vestibular syndrome

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (HI14C3477), and Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (no. NRF-2016R1D1A1B04935568).

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  1. Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center, 73 Goryeodae-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Keun-Tae Kim, Seol-Hee Baek, Sun-Uk Lee &  Jung Bin Kim

  2. Department of Neurology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Sun-Uk Lee & Ji-Soo Kim

  3. Department of Neurology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Jung Bin Kim

  4. Dizziness Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea

    Ji-Soo Kim

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Dr. KTK analyzed and interpreted the data and wrote the manuscript. Drs. SHB, JBK and JSK analyzed and interpreted the data, and revised the manuscript. Dr. SUL designed and conceptualized the study, interpreted the data, and revised the manuscript.

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Drs. K.T. Kim, S.H. Baek, S.U. Lee, and J.B. Kim report no disclosures. Dr. J.S. Kim serves as an associate editor of Frontiers in Neuro-otology and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Neurology, Frontiers in Neuro-ophthalmology, Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology, Journal of Vestibular Research, Journal of Neurology, Medicine, and Clinical and Translational Neuroscience.

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This study followed the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki and was performed according to the guidelines of Institutional Review Board of Korea University Anam Hospital (2021AN0213).

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Kim, KT., Baek, SH., Lee, SU. et al. Primary ventriculitis presenting with isolated vestibular syndrome. J Neurol 268, 4891–4893 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-021-10681-9

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