In Vivo Bound Pemphigus Antibodies in a Stillborn Infant
- 1 March 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 115 (3) , 316-319
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1979.04010030024009
Abstract
Pemphigus vulgaris developed in a 23-year-old woman during the first trimester of pregnancy. In the 33d week she had a stillbirth of a female child who showed extensive skin lesions clinically suggestive of pemphigus. The application of direct immunofluorescence staining to skin tissue sections showed deposition of IgG in the intercellular spaces of the epidermis of both mother and child. Our findings raise the possibility of transplacentar passage of pemphigus antibody, which may have been responsible for the fetal skin lesions. (Arch Dermatol 115:316-319, 1979)Keywords
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