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Gestational pemphigoid or pemphigoid gestationis (PG) is a dermatosis of pregnancy being an autoimmune blistering skin disease that occurs during pregnancy typically in the second or third trimester and/or immediately following pregnancy. It was originally called herpes gestationis because of the blistering appearance although it is not associated with the herpes virus.

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