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Preferred term

Pemphigoid Gestationis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An itching, autoimmune, bullous SKIN disease that occurs during the last two trimesters of PREGNANCY and PUERPERIUM. It also affects non-pregnant females with tissue of PLACENTA origin, such as CHORIOCARCINOMA; or HYDATIDIFORM MOLE. It exhibits antigenic and clinical similarity to bullous pemphigoid (PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS). This disease does not involve herpes viruses (old name, herpes gestationis).

Entry terms

  • Gestational Pemphigoid
  • Herpes Gestationis

In other languages

  • French

  • Herpes gestationis
  • Pemphigoïde de la grossesse
  • Pemphigoïde gestationis
  • Pemphigoïde gestationnelle

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-V50XRB6Z-W

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