Abstract
This is a practical overview of the use of the application of direct immunofluorescence, written in telegraphic style, based on the author’s personal experience and supplemented by a recommended reference reading list, conceptual diagrams and illustrative examples.
Author supplied keywords
- Anti-epiligrin pemphigoid
- Biopsy selection
- Bullous pemphigoid
- Cicatricial pemphigoid
- Combined use of salt split skin and n-serrated/u-serrated patterns
- Dermatitis herpetiformis
- Dermatomyositis
- Discoid lupus
- Epidermal proteins diagram
- Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita
- Henoch schönlein purpura
- IgA pemphigus
- Lichen planus
- Lichen planus pemphigoides
- Linear IgA disease
- N-serrated and u-serrated patterns
- Nuclear reactions
- Other factors
- Paraneoplastic pemphigus
- Pemphigoid gestationis
- Pemphigus erythematosus
- Pemphigus foliaceous
- Pemphigus vegetans
- Pemphigus vulgaris
- Porphyriacutanea tarda
- Pseudoporphyria
- Salt split skin
- Shave biopsy or a punch biopsy
- Specimen transport
- Subacute cutaneous lupus
- Systemic lupus
- Thin shave biopsies
- Vasculitis
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Tyler, W. B. (2015). Application of direct immunofluorescence for skin and mucosal biopsies: A practical review. In Handbook of Practical Immunohistochemistry: Frequently Asked Questions (pp. 689–708). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1578-1_34
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