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The specific dermatoses of pregnancy: a reappraisal with special emphasis on a proposed simplified clinical classification
Author(s) -
HOLMES R. C.,
BLACK M. M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1982.tb02387.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , classics , history
Summary There is little insight into the pathogeneses of most of the specific dermatoses of pregnancy, and therefore they have remained poorly classified. The terminology has become increasingly confusing with several names in use for similar clinical conditions. In an attempt to rationalise the nomenclature we have critically reviewed the clinical descriptions of the dermatoses specifically related to pregnancy and we have proposed a simplified clinical classification into three broad categories: (1) pemphigoid gestationis, (2) polymorphic eruption of pregnancy and (3) pregnancy prurigo.