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Incident Reye's Syndrome: IAP Speciality Series On Pediatric Cardiology

From 1981 to 1997, 1207 cases of Reye's syndrome were reported in children under 18 in the US. 93% of cases were in white children and 52% were girls. The number of reported cases declined sharply after the association between Reye's syndrome and aspirin was discovered, falling from 555 cases in 1980 to no more than 36 cases per year since 1987.

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Incident Reye's Syndrome: IAP Speciality Series On Pediatric Cardiology

From 1981 to 1997, 1207 cases of Reye's syndrome were reported in children under 18 in the US. 93% of cases were in white children and 52% were girls. The number of reported cases declined sharply after the association between Reye's syndrome and aspirin was discovered, falling from 555 cases in 1980 to no more than 36 cases per year since 1987.

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IAP Speciality Series on Pediatric Cardiology


By R Krishna Kumar, R. Krishna Kumar, Shakuntala Prabhu, M. Zulfikar Ahamed

Incident Reye’s Syndrome

Incident Reye’s Syndrome, From December 1980 through November 1997


(surveillance years 1981 through 1997), 1207 cases of Reye's syndrome were
reported in patients less than 18 years of age. Among those for whom data on race
and sex were available, 93 percent were white and 52 percent were girls. The
number of reported cases of Reye's syndrome declined sharply after the association
of Reye's syndrome with aspirin was reported. After a peak of 555 cases in children
reported in 1980, there have been no more than 36 cases per year since 1987.

Belay ED; Bresee JS; Holman RC; Khan AS; Shahriari A; Schonberger LB. Reye's syndrome in
the United States from 1981 through 1997.N Engl J Med. 1999; 340(18):1377-82 .Belay ED;
Bresee JS; Holman RC; Khan AS; Shahriari A; Schonberger LB

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