Medication tendencies for inducing severe ocular surface symptoms in Japanese Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / toxic epidermal necrolysis patients
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Background Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), are severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions that often induces the mucosal tissue impairments. These symptoms in ocular surface sometimes suffer the patients with pseudomembrane formation leading to vision loss as a sequela. The purpose of this study to reveal the medication tendencies for inducing severe ocular surface complications in SJS/TEN of Japanese populations.
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دوره 4 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014