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Sidney Barsky, MD; William Storino, MD; Herman Ainis, PhD; Bruce Bennin, MD; Robert Bloom, MD
Chicago

Arch Dermatol. 1975;111(8):1071.

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To the Editor.—

Various substrates have been used for the indirect immunofluorescence technique.^1,2 Human skin, theoretically, should be more sensitive and specific, but limited data, sources, and standardization have made this impractical. We at Cook County Hospital have been using recipient site plugs from hair transplants as a source of immunofluorescence substrate.

We realize that human skin has been used before as substrate³ for indirect immunofluorescence, but this material is often unavailable.³

Since one patient may have from 150 to 250 plugs, many substrate samples can be obtained and standardized. We hope to report more extensively on our findings in the future. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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