title: Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy. A review of 21 cases.
abstract: Twenty-one patients with pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP) were reviewed. Direct immunofluorescence (DIF) examination was negative in all patients. DIF in patients with PUPPP is a useful and reliable laboratory aid in distinguishing this peculiar dermatosis from herpes gestationis.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alcalay
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ingber
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hazaz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sandbank
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D006559:Pemphigoid Gestationis / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D011537:Pruritus / Q000276:immunology*; D013577:Syndrome; D014581:Urticaria / Q000276:immunology*