Generalized pustular psoriasis of pregnancy (impetigo herpetiformis)

Dermatology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-64

  Breier Maly, J ^a   Ortel, B ^c   Breier, F ^b   Schmidt, J B ^a   Hönigsmann, Herbert ^a,d  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^b Municipal Hospital Lainz   (Austria)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Generalized pustular psoriasis; Glucocorticosteroids; Impetigo herpetiformis; Pregnancy; Retinoid PUVA treatment

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BERGAPTEN; CALCIUM; CEPHALOSPORIN; COLECALCIFEROL; GLUCOCORTICOID; IRON; ISOTRETINOIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; RETINOID; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELBOW; ERYTHEMATOSQUAMOUS SKIN DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; HAND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPETIGO HERPETIFORMIS; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN PERIOD; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARAKERATOSIS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULAR PSORIASIS; PUVA; SCALP; SKIN BIOPSY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPETIGO; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PSORIASIS; SKIN;

EID: 0033017596     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018066     Document Type: Article

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