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What we do
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN), Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis (AGEP) and DRESS-Syndrome (Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms) are rare but severe, drug-related adverse reactions, of high morbidity and mortality.
Lombardy, a region with nine million inhabitants and a high rate of computerization, offers an ideal setting to control, characterize, and study the risk factors for the above events.
The React-Lombardia project, promoted by the Lombardy region and coordinated by the Centro Studi GISED in the regional programs area of pharmaco vigilance, aimed at:
The project involved 22 hospital centres located in 10 provinces of Lombardy.
Data collected during the first five years of the study were published in two scientific articles: