Reye's syndrome
Schröder, H.; Siemes, H.; Spohr, H.L.; Vogel, M.
Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kinderheilkunde 129(3): 171-174
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-9298 PMID: 6112685 Document Number: 181041
After a viral infection (Coxsackie-A-9) a twelve-year-old boy developed symptoms of acute encephalopathy and fatty degeneration of the liver. A fatal outcome could not be averted. Clinical course, laboratory data, light and electron microscopic examinations were typical for Reye's syndrome, a rare diagnosis in Central Europe.