TY - JOUR
T1 - Pemphigus vulgaris and pregnancy
T2 - Risk factors and recommendations
AU - Goldberg, Neil S.
AU - DeFeo, Charles
AU - Kirshenbaum, Nancy
PY - 1993/1/1
Y1 - 1993/1/1
N2 - Pemphigus vulgaris during pregnancy is exceedingly rare; only 15 cases with immunopathologic confirmation have been reported. In the four cases associated with fetal mortality the mother's disease was active and required high doses of corticosteroids and adjuvant therapy with azathioprine or dapsone for control. A pregnant woman with limited disease is described, At the time of delivery her pemphigus vulgaris antibody titer was 1:640. A full-term, healthy male infant was completely free of skin lesions after a spontaneous vaginal delivery.
AB - Pemphigus vulgaris during pregnancy is exceedingly rare; only 15 cases with immunopathologic confirmation have been reported. In the four cases associated with fetal mortality the mother's disease was active and required high doses of corticosteroids and adjuvant therapy with azathioprine or dapsone for control. A pregnant woman with limited disease is described, At the time of delivery her pemphigus vulgaris antibody titer was 1:640. A full-term, healthy male infant was completely free of skin lesions after a spontaneous vaginal delivery.
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U2 - 10.1016/0190-9622(93)70123-B
DO - 10.1016/0190-9622(93)70123-B
M3 - Article
C2 - 8491885
AN - SCOPUS:0027229934
SN - 0190-9622
VL - 28
SP - 877
EP - 879
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
IS - 5
ER -