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Uncovering bilateral vestibulopathy in patients with SANDO syndrome caused by mutations in POLG gene: a case series

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The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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ABB and SK have received funding from Actelion Pharmaceuticals for the EyeSeeCam Sci system used in this study.

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  1. Research Center of Neurology, Moscow, Russian Federation

    Alexandra Belyakova-Bodina, Mikhail Ratanov, Yury Seliverstov, Evgenii Nuzhnyi, Sergey Klyushnikov & Amayak Broutian

  2. Institute of Medical Technology, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Senftenberg, Germany

    Erich Schneider

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ABB provided the idea of research, performed video-oculography (VOG), refined and interpreted the raw VOG data, and edited the manuscript. MR performed video-oculography, interpreted the raw VOG data, and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. ES provided technical support for VOG, edited and interpreted the raw VOG data and the manuscript. YS performed clinical assessment of the patients and edited the manuscript. EN performed clinical assessment of the patients and edited the manuscript. SK performed clinical assessment and provided technical support for VOG. AB designed the study and edited the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Alexandra Belyakova-Bodina.

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ABB and SK have received funding from Actelion Pharmaceuticals for the EyeSeeCam Sci system used in this study. ES is general manager and shareholder of EyeSeeTec GmbH. All the other authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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The research was approved by local ethical committee of Research Center of Neurology, Moscow, Russian Federation (protocol 9-2/18, 14 November 2018). The procedures used in this study adhere to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.

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All the patients gave informed consent to participate in the study.

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Belyakova-Bodina, A., Ratanov, M., Schneider, E. et al. Uncovering bilateral vestibulopathy in patients with SANDO syndrome caused by mutations in POLG gene: a case series. J Neurol 268, 3909–3912 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-021-10650-2

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