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Alcohol withdrawal-induced Takotsubo

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  1. Internal Medicine Department, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, 2525 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60616, USA

    Hesham Rashad Omar, Hany Demo Abdelmalak & Irina Komorova

  2. Emergency Department, Elagouza Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

    Engy Helal

  3. Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology, University of South Florida and FGTBA, Tampa, FL, USA

    Enrico Mario Camporesi

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Omar, H.R., Abdelmalak, H.D., Komorova, I. et al. Alcohol withdrawal-induced Takotsubo. Intern Emerg Med 7 (Suppl 2), 107–108 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-012-0766-0

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