Pietkiewicz P, Gornowicz-Porowska J, Bowszyc-Dmochowska M, Dmochowski M. Pemphigoid gestationis in a female with progressive facial hemiatrophy: microchimerism as a speculative shared background is disputable. Polish Journal of Pathology. 2012;63(1):71-74.
APA
Pietkiewicz, P., Gornowicz-Porowska, J., Bowszyc-Dmochowska, M., & Dmochowski, M. (2012). Pemphigoid gestationis in a female with progressive facial hemiatrophy: microchimerism as a speculative shared background is disputable. Polish Journal of Pathology, 63(1), 71-74.
Chicago
Pietkiewicz, Paweł, Justyna Gornowicz-Porowska, Monika Bowszyc-Dmochowska, and Marian Dmochowski. 2012. "Pemphigoid gestationis in a female with progressive facial hemiatrophy: microchimerism as a speculative shared background is disputable". Polish Journal of Pathology 63 (1): 71-74.
Harvard
Pietkiewicz, P., Gornowicz-Porowska, J., Bowszyc-Dmochowska, M., and Dmochowski, M. (2012). Pemphigoid gestationis in a female with progressive facial hemiatrophy: microchimerism as a speculative shared background is disputable. Polish Journal of Pathology, 63(1), pp.71-74.
MLA
Pietkiewicz, Paweł et al. "Pemphigoid gestationis in a female with progressive facial hemiatrophy: microchimerism as a speculative shared background is disputable." Polish Journal of Pathology, vol. 63, no. 1, 2012, pp. 71-74.
Vancouver
Pietkiewicz P, Gornowicz-Porowska J, Bowszyc-Dmochowska M, Dmochowski M. Pemphigoid gestationis in a female with progressive facial hemiatrophy: microchimerism as a speculative shared background is disputable. Polish Journal of Pathology. 2012;63(1):71-74.
The commonest source of naturally acquired microchimerism, i.e. small numbers of foreign cells within the organism, is two-way mother-fetus transplacental trafficking during pregnancy. Here, the first report on coexistence of pregnancy-associated pemphigoid gestationis (PG) and progressive facial hemiatrophy, a form of “en coup de sabre” morphea, is presented. HE histopathology (eosinophil-rich subepidermal infiltration, inverted teardrop sign), direct immunofluorescence (linear IgG1, but not IgG4, deposits along the dermal-epidermal junction) and ELISA (elevated levels of serum and blister fluid IgG autoantibodies to BP180) corroborated the PG diagnosis. Microchimerism as a speculative shared background of those two rare autoimmune diseases is disputable.