[Pemphigoid gestationis and bullous lesions in the newborn].
BACKGROUND
Pemphigoid gestations is very seldom responsible for cutaneous lesions in newborns through passive transfer of the autoimmune disease from mother to infant.


METHODS
We report an additional case of a newborn presenting with an extensive but transitory bullous eruption despite the absence of circulating autoantibodies.


CONCLUSIONS
Such examples of transplacental pemphigoid are so uncommon that the pathogenic role of IgG autoantibodies is being questioned.
Laugel
V
V
Service de pédiatrie 2, hôpital de Hautepierre, avenue Molière, 67098 Strasbourg, France.
Escande
B
B
Donato
L
L
Aberkane
K
K
Heid
E
E
Messer
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D008297:Male; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy
D001323:Autoantibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G