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Reye’s syndrome is one of man’s modern medical mysteries. Despite over twenty years since it was first described and ten years of intensive study, we still have little or no idea of its pathophysiology and have succeeded in making only a minimum dent in its mortality.
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Orlowski, J.P. (1984). Reye’s Syndrome — A Modern Medical Mystery. In: Prakash, O. (eds) Critical Care of the Child. Developments in Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesiology, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6036-7_11
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