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High-resolution MRI of the inner ear enables syndrome differentiation and specific treatment of cerebellar downbeat nystagmus and secondary endolymphatic hydrops in a postoperative ELST patient

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Partially funded by the Society for the Advancement of Science and Research at the Medical Faculty of the Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, the Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences (GSN), the German Foundation for Neurology (DSN) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Grant Code 01EO140). We thank Katie Göttlinger for copyediting the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Marchioninistraße 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

    V. Kirsch, J. Gerb, M. Dieterich & S. Becker-Bense

  2. German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders-IFB, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany

    V. Kirsch, B. Ertl-Wagner, M. Dieterich & S. Becker-Bense

  3. Graduate School of Systemic Neuroscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany

    V. Kirsch & M. Dieterich

  4. Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany

    B. Ertl-Wagner & A. Berman

  5. Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany

    B. Ertl-Wagner & M. Dieterich

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Kirsch, V., Ertl-Wagner, B., Berman, A. et al. High-resolution MRI of the inner ear enables syndrome differentiation and specific treatment of cerebellar downbeat nystagmus and secondary endolymphatic hydrops in a postoperative ELST patient. J Neurol 265 (Suppl 1), 48–50 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-018-8858-z

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