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Question 2: Would systemic steroids be useful in the management of Stevens-Johnson syndrome?

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    • Contributors The clinical question was proposed by GA. Literature search was initially done by FC and subsequently verified by GA.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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