TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Attempted suicide with levothyroxine in an adolescent girl
JO  - Journal of pediatric endocrinology
A1  - Korkmaz, Huseyin Anil
A1  - Dizdarer, Ceyhun
A1  - Hazan, Filiz
A1  - Karaarslan, Utku
SP  - 129
EP  - 131
VL  - 26
IS  - 1-2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0334-018X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jpem-2012-0247
ID  - ref1
ER  -