DIF Microscopy Helps Diagnose Pediatric Skin Diseases

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TOPLINE: Direct immunofluorescence (DIF) microscopy showed a 15.5% positivity rate in pediatric patients and changed the clinical diagnosis in 16.7% of those cases. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a retrospective review of DIF data from 986 patients aged 0-18 years (mean age, 12 years) at the Mayo Clinic’s reference immunodermatology laboratory betweenContinue Reading