Figure 1.
Sampling procedures of cases and controls.
Abbreviations; EM, Erythema multiforme; SCARs, Severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions a Index date: The first SCAR (EM, ICD-10: L51) hospitalization date for the cases. b The sum of the numbers for the three exclusion criteria is greater than the total number because some patients met more than one exclusion criterion.
Table 1.
Characteristics of cases and controls (N = 1,430).
Table 2.
Estimates of SCAR risk from antiepileptic drugs within 60 days of index date (N = 1,345).
Figure 2.
Distribution of latent periods for antiepileptic drugs.
Table 3.
Duration of prescription and latent period before onset of SCARs in 25 cases. a
Table 4.
Estimates of SCAR risk from carbamazepine.
Table 5.
Clinical features of 10 cases who prescribed carbamazepine within 60 days of SCARs.