Treatment of toxic epidermal necrolysis with intravenous immunoglobulin: a series of three cases Tratamento da necrólise epidérmica tóxica com imunoglobulina endovenosa: uma série de três casos

• Main Authors: Cristiane Comparin (Author), Günter Hans Filho (Author), Luiz Carlos Takita (Author), Nayara de Castro Wiziack Costa (Author), Roberta Ayres Ferreira do Nascimento (Author), Lidiane de Oliveira Costa Nanni (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Stevens-Johnson's syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are life-threatening dermatoses, that lead to keratinocyte apoptosis induced by interactions between Fas (cell death receptor) and soluble Fas-ligand, present in serum of Stevens-Johnson's syndrome / toxic epidermal necr...