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A Case of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis.
Eun Hwa Shin, Youn Hong Choi, Ju Hong Cha, Kwang Jun Kim, Kyung Je Sung
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1988;31(8):1079-1084.   Published online August 31, 1988
Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis is uncommon disease characterized by erythema and shedding of the epidermis and mucous membrane. Mortality rates are high. The reaction is probably a drug-induced hypersensitivity phenomenon. We experienced Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis in a 4 yr old boy whose skin lesion had developed 3 days after taking medication from a drug store for common cold. Diagnosis of TEN was established by clinical...