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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: an obscure cause of emerging cardiovascular manifestations in the setting of Bickerstaff’s brainstem encephalitis

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  1. Cardiology Department, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey

    Kenan Yalta

  2. Cardiology Department, Istinye University, Liv Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ertan Yetkin

  3. Pathology Department, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey

    Tulin Yalta

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Yalta, K., Yetkin, E. & Yalta, T. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: an obscure cause of emerging cardiovascular manifestations in the setting of Bickerstaff’s brainstem encephalitis. Neurol Sci 42, 1181–1183 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04749-z

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