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Prolonged coma resulting from massive levothyroxine overdose and the utility of N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP)

Ophelia WongMonash Clinical Toxicology Unit, Emergency Medicine Service, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Correspondence[email protected]
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Anselm WongDepartment of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash Emergency Research Collaborative, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; ;Austin Toxicology Service, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia; ;Victorian Poisons Information Centre, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-6817-7289
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Shaun GreeneAustin Toxicology Service, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia; ;Victorian Poisons Information Centre, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia; ;Department of Medicine at Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Andis GraudinsMonash Clinical Toxicology Unit, Emergency Medicine Service, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; ;Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash Emergency Research Collaborative, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; ;Victorian Poisons Information Centre, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia;
Pages 415-417 | Received 12 Jul 2018, Accepted 18 Sep 2018, Published online: 28 Nov 2018

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