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Metabolic encephalopathies
Hepatic encephalopathy
From excess NH3 depositing in the basal ganglia
Little wrong grossly, but will see Alzheimer type II glial cells microscopically
Hypoglycemia – looks like CO poisoning
Reye’s syndrome
Give a kid aspirin for F with viral UTI
More of a liver problem
Hepatolenticular degeneration (Wilson’s disease) – also a basal ganglia problem
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