Alpha-lipoic acid intoxication in an adolescent girl: Case report and review of the literature

Alpha-lipoic acid is a widely used medication that does not need a prescription. Although it is safely used in adults, hitherto no safe dose for children has been reported, and there is no known antidote. The medical literature provides four reports of alpha-lipoic acid intoxication in the pediatric...

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Autores principales: Polat, Sinem, Kılıçaslan, Önder, Sönmez, Feruza Turan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kare Publishing 2020
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Case Report / Olgu Sunumu
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7536456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33061765
http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/TurkPediatriArs.2019.66564
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description Alpha-lipoic acid is a widely used medication that does not need a prescription. Although it is safely used in adults, hitherto no safe dose for children has been reported, and there is no known antidote. The medical literature provides four reports of alpha-lipoic acid intoxication in the pediatric population to date. This case-report is the lowest known dose of alpha-lipoic acid intake leading to poisoning in a teenager.
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spelling pubmed-75364562020-10-14 Alpha-lipoic acid intoxication in an adolescent girl: Case report and review of the literature Polat, Sinem Kılıçaslan, Önder Sönmez, Feruza Turan Turk Pediatri Ars Case Report / Olgu Sunumu Alpha-lipoic acid is a widely used medication that does not need a prescription. Although it is safely used in adults, hitherto no safe dose for children has been reported, and there is no known antidote. The medical literature provides four reports of alpha-lipoic acid intoxication in the pediatric population to date. This case-report is the lowest known dose of alpha-lipoic acid intake leading to poisoning in a teenager. Kare Publishing 2020-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7536456/ /pubmed/33061765 http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/TurkPediatriArs.2019.66564 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Turkish Archives of Pediatrics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
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title_full Alpha-lipoic acid intoxication in an adolescent girl: Case report and review of the literature
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title_short Alpha-lipoic acid intoxication in an adolescent girl: Case report and review of the literature
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