Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy with bullous lesions: A previously unreported association

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 220-222

  Sherley Dale, A C ^a   Carr, R A ^b   Charles Holmes, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunofluorescence; Pemphigoid gestationis; Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy; Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CLOBETASONE BUTYRATE; MENTHOL; PREDNISOLONE; RANITIDINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; POLYMORPHIC ERUPTION OF PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDNISOLONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRURITUS; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72749109853     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09525.x     Document Type: Letter

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