Dermatoses of pregnancy are the inflammatory skin diseases that are specific to women while they are pregnant.[1] While some use the term 'polymorphic eruption of pregnancy' to cover these,[2] this term is a synonym used in the UK for Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy,[3] which is the commonest of these skin conditions.[1]
Skin diseases seen during pregnancy include:[1][4][5][6]
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^Matz H, Orion E, Wolf R (Mar–Apr 2006). "Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy: polymorphic eruption of pregnancy (PUPPP)". Clin Dermatol. 24 (2): 105–8. doi:10.1016/j.clindermatol.2005.10.010. PMID16487883.
^Callen JP (June 1984). "Pregnancy's effects on the skin. Common and uncommon changes". Postgrad Med. 75 (8): 138–45. PMID6728733.
^Sodhi VK, Sausker WF (January 1988). "Dermatoses of pregnancy". Am Fam Physician. 37 (1): 131–8. PMID3276095.
^ abAmbros-Rudolph CM, Müllegger RR, Vaughan-Jones SA, Kerl H, Black MM (March 2006). "The specific dermatoses of pregnancy revisited and reclassified: results of a retrospective two-center study on 505 pregnant patients". J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 54 (3): 395–404. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2005.12.012. PMID16488288.
