Impetigo herpetiformis - A rare dermatosis of pregnancy associated with prenatal complications

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 565-568

  Lim, Kar Seng ^a   Tang, M B Y ^a   Ng, P P L ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Methotrexate; Pregnancy complications; Psoriasis; Pustule

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPETIGO HERPETIFORMIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PUSTULE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29144475166     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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