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MeSH Heading: Reye Syndrome
Tree Number(s): C06.552.241.649; C10.228.140.163.780; C18.452.132.780
Unique ID: D012202
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012202
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Fatty Liver with Encephalopathy; Reye Syndrome, Adult; Reye's Syndrome; Reye's Syndrome, Adult; Reye's-Like Syndrome; Reye-Johnson Syndrome; Reye-Like Syndrome
NLM Classification #: WL 348
Previous Indexing: Brain Diseases (1966-1972)
Public MeSH Note: 1998; see REYE'S SYNDROME 1977-97
History Note: 1998(1977)
Date Established: 1977/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25

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Concept UI: M0018992
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Reye Syndrome Preferred Term
Term UI T036303
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Reye-Johnson Syndrome
Term UI T370081
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Fatty Liver with Encephalopathy
Term UI T727513
Date09/25/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Reye's Syndrome
Term UI T036302
Date10/31/1996
LexicalTag EPO
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Reye Syndrome MeSH Descriptor Data 2023