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Neonatal Pemphigus Vulgaris in an Infant Born to a Mother with Pemphigus Vulgaris in Remission
Author(s) -
Fenniche Samy,
Benmously Rym,
Marrak Hayet,
Dhaoui Asma,
Ammar Feiza Ben,
Mokhtar Insaf
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2006.00195.x
Subject(s) - pemphigus vulgaris , medicine , transplacental , pemphigus , autoimmune disease , disease , dermatology , immunology , pregnancy , fetus , pathology , placenta , biology , genetics
Neonatal pemphigus vulgaris is a rare autoimmune disease that is caused by transplacental passage of pemphigus vulgaris autoantibodies. The association of maternal pemphigus vulgaris with neonatal disease pemphigus vulgaris has been only rarely reported. We describe an infant with pemphigus vulgaris born to a mother whose disease was in remission.