“…McCredie Smith (1953) has given an excellent review of the literature and description of the disease, discussing the aetiology, symptoms, treatment and prognosis both for inother and foetus. Downing and Jillson (1949) record a high percentage of foetal anomalies, 8 out of 13 women having babies with abnormalities, and state that the average time of onset is at the fifth month of pregnancy. Fox (1954) thinks that the disease is identical with, or a variant of dermatitis herpetiformis occurring only in pregnancy, but others believe that it is a separate disease due to autosensitization, stress of pregnancy, toxaemia, or endocrine dysfunction.…”