Reye Syndrome and Aspirin

Abstract

Twenty-six cases of Reye syndrome occurring between 1973 and 1982 have been reviewed in relation to aspirin ingestion at the Children’s Hospital, Camperdown, Australia (formerly the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in Sydney), where Reye first described his syndrome of encephalopathy and fatty degeneration of the viscera in 1963.

Keywords

• encephalopathy
• analgesic/antipyretic sales
• reye syndrome