A review of toxic epidermal necrolysis management in Japan

Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a severe adverse drug reaction characterized by necrosis of the epidermis. Its incidence is approximately 1 per million a year and average mortality rate is high at 25–50%. TEN has a flu-like prodrome, followed by atypical, targetoid erythematous or purpuric macul...

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Main Authors: Yuri Kinoshita, Hidehisa Saeki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Allergology International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893016300661