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A Case of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis.
Gye Ja Lee, Yong Aee Chun, Young Mi Hong, Young Min Ahn, Se Hoon Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1986;29(3):342-347.   Published online March 31, 1986
Toxic epidermal necrolysis appears to be a hypersensitivity phenomenon triggered by many factors: drugs, infections, vaccination, radiotherapy and malignancies. Widespread epidermal necrolysis rapidly follows blister formation at epidermal-dermal junction. The case fatality rate is approximately 25%. The disease consists of a prodrome of malaise, lethargy, and fever followed by erythema and massive bullae formation. This paper presented a case...