Pruritus in pregnancy is a common and burdensome symptom that may be a first sign of a
pregnancy-specific pruritic disease (atopic eruption of pregnancy, polymorphic eruption of …

Question Some of my pregnant patients complain about pruritus. Are there conditions in
pregnancy that present with pruritus that might put the mother or fetus at risk? Answer …

The autoimmune connective tissue diseases (ACTDs) are a broad range of diseases (eg,
the most common being lupus, dermatomyositis [DM], systemic sclerosis [SSc], and Sjogren …

Pregnant women are at greater risk to suffer from chronic pruritus, but data on this symptom
in this group is very limited. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence, clinical …

From the clinician's point of view, pruritus during pregnancy and in children is quite frequent,
but hardly taken into account as a distinct topic in clinical and therapeutic discussions of …

There have been considerable advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology of
pruritus in recent years. The purpose of this review was to highlight itch entities in women …

The main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and anatomical distribution
of pruritus in 6532 pregnant women from a UK antenatal population. Pregnant women …

Pruritus is a frequent symptom in many dermatological diseases. In this review we want to
focus on not only itch problems specific to women, namely, pruritic vulvodermatoses, but …

Corresponding addresses: Sonja Ständer MD, Competence Center Chronic Pruritus,
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Münster, Von-Esmarch-Str. 58, DE-48149 …

The specific dermatoses of pregnancy represent a heterogeneous group of pruritic skin
diseases that have been recently reclassified and include pemphigoid (herpes) gestationis …