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Rounds with Dr. Seuss: Formulating a Case of Takotsubo Syndrome through Theodor Seuss Geisel’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas

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    Anthony Tobia, Alexa Melucci & Roseanne Dobkin

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Tobia, A., Melucci, A. & Dobkin, R. Rounds with Dr. Seuss: Formulating a Case of Takotsubo Syndrome through Theodor Seuss Geisel’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas . Acad Psychiatry 41, 778–779 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-017-0828-8

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