n :  TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS
 
Lyell, Alan (fl 1950-1972), British dermatologist. Lyell's best known paper described toxic epidermal necrolysis, a disease to which his name has subsequently been attached. He also wrote the chapter on skin diseases for a 1971 medical textbook.
 
 
 
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