Herpes gestationis and bullous pemphigoid: a disease spectrum.
A patient with herpes gestationis has persisted with clinically active disease for 8 years post-partum. She also had Graves' disease, alopecia totalis and ulcerative colitis. The case demonstrates the close overlap between herpes gestationis and bullous pemphigoid.
D000328:Adult; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006559:Pemphigoid Gestationis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors