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Unexpected awakening from comatose thyroid storm after a single intravenous injection of l-carnitine

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  1. Service de Réanimation Médicale, Institut du Coeur et des Vaisseaux, Hôpitaux de Brabois, CHU de Nancy, Rue du Morvan, 54511, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France

    Antoine Kimmoun, Gaittha Munagamage, Nicolas Dessalles, Alain Gerard & Bruno Levy

  2. Centre de référence des maladies héréditaires du métabolisme, INSERM U 724, Hôpitaux de Brabois, CHU de Nancy, Rue du Morvan, 54511, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France

    François Feillet

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Antoine Kimmoun and Gaittha Munagamage participated equally in this work.

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Kimmoun, A., Munagamage, G., Dessalles, N. et al. Unexpected awakening from comatose thyroid storm after a single intravenous injection of l-carnitine. Intensive Care Med 37, 1716–1717 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-011-2293-2

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