Reyes's syndrome, encephalopathy, hyperammonemia and acetyl salicylic acid ingestion in a city hospital of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Current Drug Safety

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-21

  Lemberg, Abraham ^a   Fernández, María A ^a   Coll, Carlos ^a   Rosello, Diego O ^a   Romay, Salvador ^a   Perazzo, Juan C ^a   Filinger, Ester J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acetyl salicylic acid; Encephalopathy; Hyperammonemia; Reye's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLINESTERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; APOPTOSIS; ARGENTINA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASTROCYTE; CELL DAMAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; REYE SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARGENTINA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; ASPIRIN; ASTROCYTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL SWELLING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REYE SYNDROME;

EID: 63249106012     PISSN: 15748863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488609787354378     Document Type: Review

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