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Pemphigoid gestationis and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia
Author(s) -
ADRIAANS B.,
PULLON H.,
DU VIVIER A.,
MIBASHAN R.
Publication year - 1990
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.1365-2230.1990.tb02050.x
Subject(s) - medicine , neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia , caesarean section , pregnancy , gestation , pemphigoid , dermatology , obstetrics , bullous pemphigoid , fetus , immunology , genetics , antibody , biology
Summary A patient whose second, third and fourth pregnancies were complicated by alloimmune thrombocytopenia, developed pemphigoid gestationis after the fourth pregnancy. The infant was delivered by Caesarean section at 34 weeks gestation. The pemphigoid gestationis resolved promptly after a short course of systemic corticosteroids. A possible association between these two uncommon conditions is discussed.