Survivors of Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis have an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality in the year after diagnosis.

First identified by Stevens and Johnson in 1922, SJS and TEN are now recognized as disorders with a continuum of severity, ...

SJS is believed to be the result of a cell-mediated hypersensitivity reaction to a number of immunologic stimuli including drugs and infectious agents. The differential diagnosis includes other ...