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Tako-tsubo-like cardiomyopathy and extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma: case report and literature review

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    Fabio de Souza MD, Ronaldo Altenburg Odebrecht Curi Gismondi MD & Marco Antonio de Mattos MD, PhD

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de Souza, F., Altenburg Odebrecht Curi Gismondi, R., Henriques Cunha Neto, S. et al. Tako-tsubo-like cardiomyopathy and extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma: case report and literature review. Clin Res Cardiol 97, 397–401 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-007-0638-1

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