Title
Endemic pemphigus foliaceus in a pregnant woman. Report of one case
Other title
Gestante con pénfigo foliáceo endémico y producto libre de enfermedad. Caso clínico
Date Issued
26 November 2009
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Abstract
Endemic pemphigus foliaceus (EPF) in an autoinmune skin disease present in areas of the Amazonia. We report a 36 year-old woman who presented EPF at 17 weeks of pregnancy. At 29 weeks, she started antimicrobial treatment and steroids. At the moment of delivery, the disease was in remission and cutaneous lesions were not seen in the neonate. Indirect immunofluorescence titers of total IgG in the mother and in the neonate were negative. Sixteen months later, IgG titers in the offspring were 1/20 and remained negative in the mother, who was on low doses of oral corticosteroids.
Start page
1205
End page
1208
Volume
137
Issue
9
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Dermatología, Enfermedades venéreas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-70450159071
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Medica de Chile
ISSN of the container
00349887
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