Hemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy syndrome

Hemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy syndrome (Newcastle syndrome) is a rare disease that is characterized by acute shock, severe encephalopathy and other symptoms in a previously healthy child, leading to death or extremely severe neurological damage . It mainly occurs in infants between 3 and 8 months (average age is 5 months), but it has also been reported to occur at 15 years of age.

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