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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria

    Fares Alahdab MD

  2. Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA

    Suresh Sharma MD & Jonathan Freeman MD

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Alahdab, F., Sharma, S. & Freeman, J. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. J GEN INTERN MED 29, 1205–1206 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-013-2756-y

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