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1: South Med J. 2003 Jan;96(1):43-5. Links

Reye's syndrome: down but not out.

Bhutta AT, Van Savell H, Schexnayder SM.

Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72202-3591, USA. bhuttaadnant@uams.edu

Reye's syndrome presents as acute central nervous system and liver dysfunction in children. Its incidence has seen a sharp decline in parallel with the decline in the use of aspirin in the pediatric age group. This report describes a patient with Reye's syndrome and serves as a reminder for health professionals to continue to discourage the use of aspirin for the treatment of viral infections.

PMID: 12602712 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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