Epidermal necrolysis (Stevens–Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis): Historical considerations

Objective: To describe the history of toxic epidermal necrolysis, before and after the original report by the British dermatologist Alan Lyell in 1956. Methods: Subjective expert choice of key advances in the comprehension of the nosology, classification, causality, and mechanisms of epidermal necro...

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Main Author: Jean-Claude Roujeau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-12-01
Series:Dermatologica Sinica
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811713000864