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F. Charles Tring, MD; Lyndon B. Murgatroyd, FIMLT

Arch Dermatol. 1975;111(4):476-480.

Abstract
Easily prepared adhesive slides have been used to obtain surface-layer biopsy specimens from psoriasis and other scaly dermatoses that occur on the limbs. Psoriasis obliterates the normal skin pattern, but the change is not specific. However, as psoriasis undergoes spontaneous or treatment-induced resolution, the skin surface pattern reappears and develops through a series of pattern changes that closely correlate with the clinical appearance of the lesion. This method may be used to monitor changes in the stratum corneum.

Author Affiliations
From the Rupert Hallam Department of Dermatology, Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, England (Dr. Tring), and the Department of Human Biology and Anatomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England (Drs. Tring and Murgatroyd).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 19, 1974.

Reprint requests to the Rupert Hallam Department of Dermatology, Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield 10, England (Dr. Tring).

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