Diseases

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

Rare cutaneous eruption characterized by extensive KERATINOCYTE apoptosis resulting in skin detachment with mucosal involvement. It is often provoked by the use of drugs (e.g., antibiotics and anticonvulsants) or associated with PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA. It is considered a continuum of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis.

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Rare cutaneous eruption characterized by extensive KERATINOCYTE apoptosis resulting in skin detachment with mucosal involvement. It is often provoked by the use of drugs (e.g., antibiotics and anticonvulsants) or associated with PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA. It is considered a continuum of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis.

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  • Stevens Johnson Syndrome
  • Drug-Induced Stevens Johnson Syndrome
  • Drug-Induced Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
  • Epidermal Necrolysis, Toxic
  • Lyell's Syndrome
  • Mycoplasma-Induced Stevens Johnson Syndrome
  • Mycoplasma-Induced Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
  • Nonstaphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome
  • Scalded Skin Syndrome, Nonstaphylococcal
  • Stevens Johnson Syndrome Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
  • Stevens Johnson Syndrome Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Spectrum
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Spectrum
  • Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
  • Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Stevens Johnson Syndrome
  • Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Stevens Johnson Syndrome Spectrum
  • Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
  • Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Spectrum
  • Drug Induced Stevens Johnson Syndrome
  • Drug-Induced Stevens-Johnson Syndromes
  • Epidermal Necrolyses, Toxic
  • Lyell Syndrome
  • Lyell's Syndromes
  • Mycoplasma Induced Stevens Johnson Syndrome
  • Necrolyses, Toxic Epidermal
  • Necrolysis, Toxic Epidermal
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, Drug-Induced
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, Mycoplasma-Induced
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndromes, Drug-Induced
  • Syndrome, Lyell's
  • Syndrome, Mycoplasma-Induced Stevens-Johnson
  • Syndromes, Lyell's
  • Toxic Epidermal Necrolyses

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013262. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013262
  2. Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevens%E2%80%93Johnson_syndrome
  3. Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1053948