Impetigo herpetiformis: Menstrual exacerbations for 7 years postpartum

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 466-469

  Chaidemenos, George ^a,b   Lefaki, I ^a   Tsakiri, A ^a   Mourellou, O ^a  

^a State Hospital for Skin and Venereal Diseases   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Impetigo herpetiformis; Pregnancy; Pustular psoriasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; ETRETIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPETIGO HERPETIFORMIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MENSTRUATION; NEUTROPHILIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUERPERIUM; RASH; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 21744453976     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2005.01135.x     Document Type: Article

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