[Pemphgoid gestationis. A report of 30 cases]

Tunis Med. 2006 May;84(5):275-8.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Pemphigoid gestationis is an acute autoimmune subepidermal bullous dermatosis which occurs during pregnancy and post partum. It is a rare disease which incidence vary from 1/1700 to 1/60000 pregnancy. It occurs in young woman aged between 20 to 40 years. The authors try throughout a retrospective study of 30 cases of pemphigoid gestationis to drave the epidemiological and clinical profile and the immunopathological characteristics of this affection.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Autoimmune Diseases / epidemiology
  • Biopsy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Parity
  • Pemphigoid Gestationis / epidemiology*
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Pregnancy Trimesters
  • Puerperal Disorders / epidemiology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Tunisia / epidemiology

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Prednisone