TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Filicide and suicide in a family by paraphenylene diamine poisoning: A mother who committed suicide and poisoned her four children of which one died
JO  - Toxicology and industrial health
A1  - Abdelraheem, Mohamed Babikir
A1  - Elbushra, Mohamed
A1  - Ali, El-Tigani
A1  - Ellidir, Rashid A.
A1  - Bushara, Amna I.
A1  - Abdelraheem, Waleed B.
A1  - Zijlstra, Eduard E.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Paraphenylene diamine (PPD) hair dye poisoning is a common health problem in the Middle East and Indian subcontinent. It is the most common cause of suicide intent especially among females. We hereby present a 27-year-old female who presented with a clinical feature of PPD poisoning due to a suicidal attempt, and she died soon after arrival. She had survived a previous suicide attempt with PPD 4 years before. This time she also intentionally tried to kill her four children using PPD. One child died, one recovered after dialysis for acute kidney injury and the other two survived without any further intervention. This case illustrates that PPD poisoning may be used in filicide and suicide intent and that all patients who committed suicide should be reviewed and assessed by clinical psychiatrist.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0748-2337
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0748233712448118
ID  - ref1
ER  -