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Alexander K. C. Leung, MB, BS, FRCP(C)
University of Calgary Alberta Children's Hospital Calgary, Alberta, Canada

JAMA. 1985;254(2):232.

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In Reply.—

I still must insist that there are two types of TEN, namely, the SSSS and the drug-induced type. My statement is supported by many authors of various medical journals and textbooks.^1-5

I do agree with Dr Arnold that SSSS and drug-induced TEN have different causes, different pathogeneses, different pathological lesions, different treatments, and different prognoses. The reason why I did not elaborate on this previously was because of the limitation of space and because it is well recognized. But TEN is TEN no matter what the cause. To draw an analogy, there are two types of diabetes mellitus: the juvenile onset type and the maturity (adult) onset type. They, too, have different etiologies, pathogeneses, treatments, and prognoses. Despite this, they are still called diabetes mellitus. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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