title: A case report of neonatal convulsions due to maternal herpes gestationis.
abstract: Herpes gestationis is a rarely seen autoimmune vesiculobullous and pruritic dermatosis of pregnancy. Neonatal morbidity associated with maternal herpes gestationis is controversial. The authors report the first case of neonatal convulsion with abnormal electroencephalography findings and transient vesicular eruption due to maternal herpes gestationis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Gazi University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. okumusn@gazi.edu.tr
authors.forename: Nurullah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okumus
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Esra Onal
authors.forename: Canan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Turkyilmaz
authors.forename: Ayşe
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Serdaroğlu
authors.forename: Yildiz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Atalay
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oztaş
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cansu
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Erdem
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers; D006559:Pemphigoid Gestationis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000209:etiology