title: The specific dermatoses of pregnancy.
abstract: The terminology of the specific dermatoses of pregnancy has become increasingly confusing, with several names in use for identical clinical disorders. On the basis of our own study of sixty-four patients and a review of the literature, we propose a simplified classification: (1) herpes gestationis (pemphigoid gestationis); (2) polymorphic eruption of pregnancy; (3) prurigo of pregnancy; and (4) pruritic folliculitis of pregnancy.
mesh_terms: D003872:Dermatitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005499:Folliculitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006559:Pemphigoid Gestationis / Q000175:diagnosis; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011536:Prurigo / Q000175:diagnosis; D011537:Pruritus / Q000175:diagnosis; D014581:Urticaria / Q000175:diagnosis