Seizure-associated takotsubo cardiomyopathy with Alzheimer's disease: A case report
Takehito Kuroda
Department of Neurology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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Tomotaka Tanaka
Department of Neurology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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Tomotaka Tanaka, Department of Neurology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, 6-1 Kishibe-Shimmachi, Suita, Osaka 564-8565, Japan.
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Search for more papers by this authorSoichiro Abe
Department of Neurology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorManabu Inoue
Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorYoshiaki Morita
Department of Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTakuto Mukaida
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTakamasa Iwai
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorMasafumi Ihara
Department of Neurology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTakehito Kuroda
Department of Neurology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Tomotaka Tanaka
Department of Neurology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Correspondence
Tomotaka Tanaka, Department of Neurology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, 6-1 Kishibe-Shimmachi, Suita, Osaka 564-8565, Japan.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorSoichiro Abe
Department of Neurology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorManabu Inoue
Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorYoshiaki Morita
Department of Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTakuto Mukaida
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTakamasa Iwai
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorMasafumi Ihara
Department of Neurology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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