Incidence of epidermal necrolysis: results of the german registry

Stevens –Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCAR) resulting in wide-spread epidermal detachment and erosions of mucous membranes. They are considered as severity variants sharing the same pathogenesis and etiology and are therefore referred to as epidermal necrolysis (EN) (Mockenhaupt and Roujeau 2019). Clinically, severity is distinguished based on the amount of skin detachment: SJS30% (Bastuji-Garin et al.
Source: Journal of Investigative Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Authors: Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research