Pemphigoid gestationis and intravenous immunoglobulin therapy

[Pemphigoid gestationis: therapeutic response to pre- and postpartum immunoglobulin therapy].

Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy for Persistent Pemphigoid Gestationis with Steroid Induced Iatrogenic Cushing's Syndrome

Vol. 26 No. 5, 2014 661 Received July 23, 2013, Revised October 17, 2013, Accepted for publication October 17, 2013 Corresponding author: Kyu Uang Whang, Department of Dermatology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul, 59 Daesagwan-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 140-743, Korea. Tel: 82-2-709-9369, Fax: 82-2-709-9347, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the te...

CASE AND RESEARCH LETTERS Pemphigoid Gestationis: Therapeutic Response to Pre- and Postpartum Immunoglobulin Therapy

Pemphigoid gestationis or herpes gestationis is a subepidermal blistering disease that occurs in women in the second or third trimesters of pregnancy or even during puerperium. It is a rare skin disease whose incidence has been estimated at around 1 case in every 40 000 to 60 000 pregnancies. It is more common in patients with HLA DR3 and DR4 haplotypes. Although most cases respond well to oral...

Herpes gestationis = لوبقعلا يلمحلا Pemphigoid Gestationis Herpes Gestationis

Review on Pemphigoid Gestationis

Pemphigoid gestationis may begin during the first or any subsequent pregnancy. It may develop between 9 weeks of gestation and one week postpartum, but most frequently it presents during the second and third trimesters. Although few patients experience less trouble during succeeding pregnancy, the condition is most likely to recur in subsequent pregnancies, usually with an earlier onset and mor...