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MeSH Heading: Pemphigoid Gestationis
Tree Number(s): C12.050.703.570; C17.800.865.700
Unique ID: D006559
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006559
Annotation: check the tags FEMALE and probably PREGNANCY
Scope Note: 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).
Entry Term(s): Gestational Pemphigoid; Herpes Gestationis
Previous Indexing: Dermatitis Herpetiformis (1966-1975)
Public MeSH Note: 2006; see HERPES GESTATIONIS 1991-2005, see SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS 1976-1990
History Note: 2006 (1976)
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1975/07/30
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

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Pemphigoid Gestationis MeSH Descriptor Data 2024