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Diseases [C] » Nervous System Diseases [C10] » Central Nervous System Diseases » Brain Diseases » Brain Diseases, Metabolic » Reye Syndrome
Diseases [C] » Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18] » Metabolic Diseases » Brain Diseases, Metabolic » Reye Syndrome
Description
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. MeSH
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