Dermatoses of pregnancy - Clues to diagnosis, fetal risk and therapy

Annals of Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-275

  Ambros Rudolph, Christina M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atopic eruption of pregnancy; Dermatoses of pregnancy; Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy; Pemphigoid gestationis; Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy; Pruritus

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052082447     PISSN: 10139087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5021/ad.2011.23.3.265     Document Type: Review

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