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Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis Volume 12, numéro 6, November - December 2002

Auteurs
Department of Dermatology, Bayindir Medical Centre Ankara, Mesa Park Sitesi, Sedir Apt. Daire: 44, 06450 Oran/Ankara/Turkey.
  • Page(s) : 589-91
  • Année de parution : 2002

Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis (APD) is a rare clinical condition characterized by the cyclic skin rash which develops premenstrually. APD is a hypersensitivity reaction to endogenous or exogeneous progesterones with variable cutaneous manifestations [1-3]. In 1964, Shelley et al. first described APD in a 27 year-old woman with pruritic vesicular eruption [4]. Since then, more than 40 cases have been reported in the English language [...]