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Herpes gestationis in a mother and child

S H Chen1, K Chopra, T Y Evans

  • 1Department of Dermatology, UTMB, Galveston, Texas 77555-1070, USA.

Herpes gestationis (pemphigoid gestationis) is a rare autoimmune disease that appears during pregnancy or in the immediate postpartum period. We report the cases of a mother and neonate with immunofluorescence confirmed herpes gestationis both of whom had extensive cutaneous involvement.

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