TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 59. Pemphigoid Gestationis (Herpes Gestationis)
A1  - Shornick, Jeff K.
A2  - Goldsmith, Lowell A.
A2  - Katz, Stephen I.
A2  - Gilchrest, Barbara A.
A2  - Paller, Amy S.
A2  - Leffell, David J.
A2  - Wolff, Klaus
PY  - 2012
T2  - Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 8e
AB  - |PrintPemphigoid  Gestationis  at  a  GlanceAcute-onset,  intensely  pruritic,  vesiculobullous  eruption  of  pregnancy  or  the  immediate  postpartum  period.Rare,  occurring  in  roughly  1  in  50,000  pregnancies.Histopathology:  dermal–epidermal  separation  with  numerous  eosinophils.Direct  immunofluorescence:  linear  deposition  of  C3,  with  or  without  immunoglobulin  (Ig)  G,  along  the  basement  membrane  zone  of  the  epidermal  fragment  of  salt-split  skin.Enzyme-linked  immunosorbent  assay  for  pemphigoid  gestationis  antibody  (BP180)  commercially  available.No  significant  maternal  morbidity  or  mortality.Associated  with  a  slight  increase  in  premature  and  small-for-gestational-age  births.  
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PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56038447
ER  -