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A Case of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis in Early Infancy
Min Seong Kim, Jeong Nyun Kim, Bang Soon Kim, Hong Joo Kim, Myung Jae Chey, Churl Young Chung
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1999;42(11):1594-1598.   Published online November 15, 1999
Toxic epidermal necrolysis(TEN) is a bullous disorder affecting mainly basal layers of epidermis by hypersensitive reaction. It is rarely reported in infants under six months of age. It can be developed by drug, infection, and vaccination, which makes it difficult to differentiate from staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome(SSSS) especially in early infancy. We report a case of TEN in a 6-week-old...