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Abstract
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).
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- Gestational Pemphigoid
- Herpes Gestationis
- Gestational Pemphigoids
- Gestationi, Pemphigoid
- Gestationis, Pemphigoid
- Pemphigoid Gestationi
- Pemphigoid, Gestational
- Pemphigoids, Gestational
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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check the tags FEMALE and probably PREGNANCY
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History Note
2006 (1976)
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Previous Indexing
- Dermatitis Herpetiformis (1966-1975)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pemphigoid Gestationis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006559. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006559
- Pemphigoid Gestationis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestational_pemphigoid
- Pemphigoid Gestationis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8280