Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy: Clinicopathology and potential trigger factors in 181 patients

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-60

  Rudolph, C M ^a   Al Fares, S ^b   Vaughan Jones, S A ^b   Mullegger R R ^a   Kerl, H ^a   Black, M M ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy; Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy; Specific dermatoses of pregnancy; Trigger factors

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; EMOLLIENT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; POLYMORPHIC ERUPTION OF PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROGNOSIS; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URTICARIA; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 32644447356     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06856.x     Document Type: Article

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