Stevens-Johnson syndrome

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A severe inflammatory eruption of the skin and mucous membranes, usually occurring in children and young adults following a respiratory infection or as an allergic reaction to drugs or other substances.

[After Albert Mason Stevens (1884-1945) and Frank Chambliss Johnson (1894-1934), American pediatricians.]

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No references found			Sharron "Kay" Thornton, from the southern US state of Mississippi, lost her sight in 2000 when she came down with a case of Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a rare disease that scarred her cornea, according to the University of Miami's Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Implanted tooth helps blind US woman recover sight by AFP / AFP American Edition Sharron "Kay" Thornton, from the southern US state of Mississippi, lost her sight in 2000 when she came down with a case of Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a rare disease that scarred her cornea, according to the University of Miami's Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Implanted tooth helps blind US woman recover sight by AFP / AFP Global Edition The 14-year-old has Stevens-Johnson syndrome - a painful condition that covers the body in blisters and boils and can cause blindness, organ failure and, on rare occasions, death. Handsome smile hides a heartbreaking agony for teen Charlie by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)			Stethal Stethograph stethography Stethometer stethoscope Stethoscopic Stethoscopist Stethoscopy Stetson Stettin Steuben Steve Steve Martin Steve Reich stevedore stevedore's knot Steven Steven Spielberg Steven Weinberg Stevenage Stevengraph Stevens Stevens Nettie Maria Stevens' law Stevens' power law Stevens-Johnson syndrome Stevenson stevia stew stew meat steward stewardess Stewardly stewardship Stewart Stewart Island Stewart River stewartia Stewartry stewed stewing stewing pan stewing steak Stewish Stewpan stewpot Stey Steyr Stg stg. stge			Stevens power law Stevens power law Stevens scissors Stevens Square Center for the Arts Stevens Underground Music Awareness Committee Stevens Untitled Rock Show Stevens' law Stevens' power law Stevens' power law Stevens, Alfred Émile Stevens, Edwin Augustus Stevens, George Stevens, Harry Stevens, Henry Stevens, Isaac Ingalls Stevens, John Stevens, John Cox Stevens, John Paul Stevens, John Paul Stevens, Knabb and Roberts Stevens, Reed, Curcio and Potholm Stevens, Risé Stevens, Robert Livingston Stevens, Siaka Probyn Stevens, Stanley Smith Stevens, Stanley Smith Stevens, Thaddeus Stevens, Wallace Stevens, Wallace Stevens-Johnson syndrome Stevens-Johnson's syndrome Stevens-Johnson's syndrome Stevens: Collected Poetry and Prose Stevenson Stevenson Stevenson High school Stevenson Hood Thornton Beaubier, LLP Stevenson, Adlai E Stevenson, Adlai E. Stevenson, Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Adlai, II Stevenson, Andrew Stevenson, Burton Egbert Stevenson, James Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson, Robert Louis (Balfour) Steves Forum Kollaborators Steveston-London Secondary School stevia Stevia rebaudiana stevias Stevie Jobs Stevie Jobs Stevie Nicks

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