Herpes gestationis: clinical and histologic features of twenty-eight cases
JK Shornick, JL Bangert, RG Freeman… - Journal of the American …, 1983 - Elsevier
We have studied 28 patients with well-documented herpes gestationis (HG) to determine the
frequency of complications and to review the histopathology, immunopathology, and clinical
parameters of disease. The frequency of miscarriages and other maternal complications in
our series was not extraordinary. Fetal complications were similarly limited. Less than 5% of
infants had cutaneous lesions, and no other untoward fetal complications were apparent.
Although the clinical features of our patients largely paralleled those typically reported for …
frequency of complications and to review the histopathology, immunopathology, and clinical
parameters of disease. The frequency of miscarriages and other maternal complications in
our series was not extraordinary. Fetal complications were similarly limited. Less than 5% of
infants had cutaneous lesions, and no other untoward fetal complications were apparent.
Although the clinical features of our patients largely paralleled those typically reported for …