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Reye's syndrome

DEFINITIONS OF: Reye's syndrome

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n acquired encephalopathy following acute viral infections (especially influenza or chicken pox) in young children; characterized by fever, vomiting, disorientation, coma, and fatty infiltration of the liver

Type of:
brain disease, brain disorder, encephalopathy
any disorder or disease of the brain
syndrome
a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
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