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Herpes gestationis and bullous pemphigoid: a disease spectrum
Author(s) -
HOLMES R.,
BLACK M.M.,
WILLIAMSON D.M.,
SCUTT R.W.B.
Publication year - 1980
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 - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1980.tb01668.x
Subject(s) - bullous pemphigoid , medicine , dermatology , pemphigoid , disease , ulcerative colitis , broad spectrum , immunology , pathology , chemistry , antibody , combinatorial chemistry
SUMMARY A patient with herpes gestationis has persisted with clinically active disease for 8 years post‐partum. She also had Graves' disease, alopecia totalis and ulcerative colitis. The case demonstrates the close overlap between herpes gestationis and bullous pemphigoid.