Catalog
Neonatal pemphigus
Link to WHO Definition
Neonatal pemphigus – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1613800402
Neonatal pemphigus vulgaris is a short lived autoimmune skin disease arising as a result of transplacental transmission to the neonate of maternal antibodies. Neonatal pemphigus is characterised by blister formation on the skin and the mucous membranes mediated by auto-antibodies to the desmosome component desmoglein 3.