Plasma exchange in herpes gestationis.

Herpes gestationis = لوبقعلا يلمحلا Pemphigoid Gestationis Herpes Gestationis

Herpes gestationis = لوبقعلا يلمحلا Pemphigoid Gestationis Herpes Gestationis

Herpes gestationis = لوبقعلا يلمحلا Pemphigoid Gestationis Herpes Gestationis

Herpes gestationis: one of the rare skin lesions in pregnancy.

Herpes gestationis is a rare disease in pregnancy. A 35-year-old G3P2 presented during her third trimester with erythematous pruritic papular eruptions. Direct immunofluorescence of a skin biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of herpes gestationis. The patient responded well to predniosolone treatment.

Herpes gestationis autoantibodies recognize a 180-kD human epidermal antigen.

Herpes gestationis (HG) is a putative autoimmune bullous dermatosis of pregnancy which shares many findings with bullous pemphigoid (BP), a disease of the elderly. This study identifies for the first time the antigen detected by HG autoantibodies and compares it with that recognized by BP autoantibodies. Sera from 16 HG and 17 BP patients, and from normal pregnant women were evaluated by immuno...