"Pemphigoid Gestationis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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An itching, autoimmune, bullous SKIN disease that occurs during the last two trimesters of PREGNANCY and PUERPERIUM. It also affects non-pregnant females with tissue of PLACENTA origin, such as CHORIOCARCINOMA; or HYDATIDIFORM MOLE. It exhibits antigenic and clinical similarity to bullous pemphigoid (PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS). This disease does not involve herpes viruses (old name, herpes gestationis).
| Descriptor ID |
D006559
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C13.703.570 C17.800.865.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Pemphigoid Gestationis- Pemphigoid Gestationis
- Gestationi, Pemphigoid
- Gestationis, Pemphigoid
- Pemphigoid Gestationi
- Herpes Gestationis
- Gestational Pemphigoid
- Gestational Pemphigoids
- Pemphigoid, Gestational
- Pemphigoids, Gestational
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Neonatal herpes simplex virus infection. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 1975; 15(4):141-9.