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A Case Report of Neonatal Convulsions Due to Maternal Herpes Gestationis

Nurullah Okumus, MD

Division of Neonatology, Gazi University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, okumusn{at}gazi.edu.tr

E. Esra Önal, MD

Division of Neonatology, Gazi University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Canan Turkyilmaz, MD

Division of Neonatology, Gazi University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Ayse Serdaroglu, MD

Division of Pediatric Neurology, Gazi University, School of Medcine, Ankara, Turkey

Yildiz Atalay, MD

Division of Neonatology, Gazi University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Murat Öztas, MD

Department of Dermatology, Gazi University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Ali Cansu, MD

Division of Pediatric Neurology, Gazi University, School of Medcine, Ankara, Turkey

Özlem Erdem, MD

Department of Pathology, Gazi University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Herpes gestationis is a rarely seen autoimmune vesiculobullous and pruritic dermatosis of pregnancy. Neonatal morbidity associated with maternal herpes gestationis is controversial. The authors report the first case of neonatal convulsion with abnormal electroencephalography findings and transient vesicular eruption due to maternal herpes gestationis.

Key Words: convulsion • herpes gestationis

Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 22, No. 4, 488-491 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807302757
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