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Bullous pemphigoid in pregnancy: contrasting behaviour in two patients
Author(s) -
Gee B.C.,
Allen J.,
Khumalo N.P.,
Wojnarowska F.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.04516.x
Subject(s) - bullous pemphigoid , pregnancy , medicine , dermatology , pemphigoid , disease , pediatrics , pathology , immunology , genetics , antibody , biology
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an increasingly common immunobullous disease of the elderly, and, due to the late age of onset, is rarely seen in women of fertile age. Consequently, to the best of our knowledge no cases of BP in pregnancy have been described. We present two cases of BP that have differed in disease behaviour during pregnancy.