title: [Specific dermatoses of pregnancy].
abstract: During pregnancy immunological, metabolic, hormonal and vascular changes occur, and can cause specific skin diseases. The specific dermatoses of pregnancy have undergone numerous changes in nomenclature and classification, partly due to advances in the knowledge of the pathogenesis of these skin diseases. Currently the following diseases are considered specific dermatoses of pregnancy: pemphigoid gestations, polymorphic eruption of pregnancy, intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy and atopic eruption of pregnancy. Timely diagnosis and specific and safe treatment are essential to prevent complications which, although rare, may be associated with significant maternal-fetal comorbidity.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Dermatologia e Venereologia. Centro Hospitalar da Universidade de Coimbra. Coimbra. Portugal. vera.teixeira.derm@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.forename: Inês
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Coutinho
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gameiro
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Margarida
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gonçalo
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy