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Editorial
October 21, 2020

Improving Outcomes for Patients With Epidermal Necrolysis

Author Affiliations
  • 1Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
  • 2Images in Dermatology Editor, JAMA Dermatology
  • 3Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University of School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
JAMA Dermatol. 2020;156(12):1289-1290. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2020.3655

Epidermal necrolysis (EN), encompassing the spectrum of Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic EN, is a rare, severe cutaneous drug reaction with an estimated mortality in modern cohorts of 15% to 23%.1-3 The rarity of the disease makes rigorous prospective clinical research difficult, highlighting the need for multicenter, multinational collaborations as well as iterative efforts to validate and build on prior work.

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