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| Year : 2009 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 138-139 |
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Immunofluoresence of the outer root sheath in anagen and telogen hair: An aid to diagnosis in pemphigus
M Kumaresan1, Reena Rai1, V Sandhya2
1 Department of Dermatology, PSG Hospitals, Coimbatore, India
2 Departments of Pathology, PSG Hospitals, Coimbatore, India
Correspondence Address:
M Kumaresan
Department of Dermatology, PSG Hospitals, Coimbatore
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-7753.58558
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Desmoglein 1 and 3 are distributed in the outer root sheath (ORS) of the hair follicle. Direct immunofluoresence (DIF) pattern of ORS in cases of pemphigus resembles the DIF pattern of the perilesional skin. We performed a DIF of the anagen and telogen hair ORS in a case of pemphigus and correlated it with the DIF findings of perilesional skin. Telogen hair ORS promises to be a useful tool in performing DIF for the purpose of diagnosis and follow-up in cases of pemphigus |
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