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The visually enhanced vestibulo-ocular reflex in CANVAS

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  1. Neurology Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown and the University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2050, Australia

    Gábor M. Halmágyi & Leigh A. McGarvie

  2. Neurology Department and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Concord Repatriation General Hospital and the University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2139, Australia

    Kishore Kumar

  3. Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia

    Kishore Kumar

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Halmágyi, G.M., Kumar, K. & McGarvie, L.A. The visually enhanced vestibulo-ocular reflex in CANVAS. J Neurol 269, 490–492 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-021-10755-8

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