Directory of Reye's Syndrome Resources

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An acute, potentially fatal metabolic disease seen primarily in children and characterized clinically by vomiting, hypoglycemia, and confusion, which may progress to coma. Pathologic features include cerebral edema and fatty infiltration of the liver and other organs. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1120)

Resources in This Category

• Childhood Infections - Reye's Syndrome

  http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/medicine/reye.html
  Overview from KidsHealth.org.

• MedlinePlus: Reye's Syndrome

  https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001565.htm
  Article and information about Reye's Syndrome.

• National Reye's Syndrome Foundation

  http://www.reyessyndrome.org/
  Facts and bulletins, treatment information, services available and membership application.

• Reye's Syndrome

  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/reyes_syndrome/reyes_syndrome.htm
  Information sheet from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

 

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