Pemphigoid gestationis: A rare case and review

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 279, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-238

  Bedocs, Paul M ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^b   Mahon, Michael J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMMCO Diagnostics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Herpes gestationis; Pemphigoid gestationis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; COMPLEMENT C3; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; PREDNISONE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 58149196540     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-008-0687-3     Document Type: Article

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