A clinicoetiological analysis of patients with Stevens–Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis treated at Sohag University Hospital, Egypt
Background Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are characterized by widespread epidermal necrosis and mucosal involvement secondary to keratinocyte apoptosis induced mostly by drugs and associated with high mortality. Objective To examine the prevalence, etiology, clinical presentations, and outcome of SJS/TEN in patients admitted in the Department of Dermatology, Venereology, and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, ... Read more