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Clinical features

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

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Clinical features include:

  • occurs during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.
  • very rare during first pregnencies, more common during successive pregnancies
  • starts as pruritic urticarial plaques:
    • initial sites include the periumbilical area, around the mouth, palms and soles
    • later lesions may become widespread
  • after about 4 weeks bullous lesions appear
  • bullous lesions resolve about 4 weeks post-partum

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