Pemphigoid gestationis: Early onset and blister formation are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1222-1228

  Chi, C C ^a,b   Wang, S H ^a,c   Charles Holmes, R ^d   Ambros Rudolph, C ^e   Powell, J ^f   Jenkins, R ^g,h   Black, M ^h   Wojnarowska, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Pemphigoid gestationis; Prednisolone; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLISTER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BLISTER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; PREDNISOLONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 66149101668     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09086.x     Document Type: Article

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