@article{ref1,
title="Attempted suicide with levothyroxine in an adolescent girl",
journal="Journal of pediatric endocrinology",
year="2013",
author="Korkmaz, Huseyin Anil and Dizdarer, Ceyhun and Hazan, Filiz and Karaarslan, Utku",
volume="26",
number="1-2",
pages="129-131",
abstract="Attempted suicide with levothyroxine is very rare and has been described only in a few case reports. Although acute accidental or intentional overdoses of thyroid hormones can lead to marked elevations in serum T4 levels, many children who take as much as 5-10 mg of levothyroxine as a single dose have few or no symptoms of thyrotoxicosis. We report an adolescent girl who attempted suicide by ingesting levothyroxine. She responded well to β-adrenergic blockade.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0334-018X",
doi="10.1515/jpem-2012-0247",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jpem-2012-0247"
}