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Abstract
A form of encephalopathy with fatty infiltration of the LIVER, characterized by brain EDEMA and VOMITING that may rapidly progress to SEIZURES; COMA; and DEATH. It is caused by a generalized loss of mitochondrial function leading to disturbances in fatty acid and CARNITINE metabolism.
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- Fatty Liver with Encephalopathy
- Reye's Syndrome
- Reye-Johnson Syndrome
- Reye Johnson Syndrome
- Reye Syndrome, Adult
- Reye's Syndrome, Adult
- Reye's-Like Syndrome
- Reye-Like Syndrome
- Adult Reye Syndrome
- Adult Reye's Syndrome
- Reye Like Syndrome
- Reye's Like Syndrome
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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1998(1977)
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- Brain Diseases (1966-1972)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Reye Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012202. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012202
- Reye Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reye_syndrome
- Reye Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q826103