Acute vestibular migraine: a ghost diagnosis in patients with acute vertigo

Maria Francisca Rocha^#¹, Benjamin Sacks^#¹, Amira Al-Lamki², Nehzat Koohi^#^{1

2

3}, Diego Kaski^#^{4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Comprehensive Stroke Service, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.
² The Ear Institute, University College London, London, UK.
³ SENSE Research Unit, Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, Institute of Neurology, University College London, 33 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK.
⁴ Comprehensive Stroke Service, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK. d.kaski@ucl.ac.uk.
⁵ The Ear Institute, University College London, London, UK. d.kaski@ucl.ac.uk.
⁶ SENSE Research Unit, Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, Institute of Neurology, University College London, 33 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK. d.kaski@ucl.ac.uk.

^# Contributed equally.

Maria Francisca Rocha et al. J Neurol. 2023 Dec.

. 2023 Dec;270(12):6155-6158.

doi: 10.1007/s00415-023-11930-9. Epub 2023 Aug 19.

Maria Francisca Rocha^#¹, Benjamin Sacks^#¹, Amira Al-Lamki², Nehzat Koohi^#^{1

2

3}, Diego Kaski^#^{4

5

6}

¹ Comprehensive Stroke Service, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.
² The Ear Institute, University College London, London, UK.
³ SENSE Research Unit, Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, Institute of Neurology, University College London, 33 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK.
⁴ Comprehensive Stroke Service, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK. d.kaski@ucl.ac.uk.
⁵ The Ear Institute, University College London, London, UK. d.kaski@ucl.ac.uk.
⁶ SENSE Research Unit, Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, Institute of Neurology, University College London, 33 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK. d.kaski@ucl.ac.uk.

^# Contributed equally.

Erratum in

Correction to: Acute vestibular migraine: a ghost diagnosis in patients with acute vertigo.
Rocha MF, Sacks B, Al Lamki A, Koohi N, Kaski D. Rocha MF, et al. J Neurol. 2024 Jan;271(1):627. doi: 10.1007/s00415-023-12029-x. J Neurol. 2024. PMID: 37891418 No abstract available.

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