@Article{Pietkiewicz2012,
journal="Polish Journal of Pathology",
issn="1233-9687",
volume="63",
number="1",
year="2012",
title="Pemphigoid gestationis in a female with progressive facial hemiatrophy: microchimerism as a speculative shared background is disputable",
abstract="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.",
author="Pietkiewicz, Paweł
and Gornowicz-Porowska, Justyna
and Bowszyc-Dmochowska, Monika
and Dmochowski, Marian",
pages="71--74",
url="https://www.termedia.pl/Pemphigoid-gestationis-in-a-female-with-progressive-facial-hemiatrophy-microchimerism-as-a-speculative-shared-background-is-disputable,55,18486,1,1.html"
}