Elastic Staining in Differentiating Between Follicular Streamers and Follicular Scars in Horizontal Scalp Biopsy Sections

    August 2017 in “ American Journal of Dermatopathology ”
    Timothy L. Tan, Joan Guitart, Pedram Gerami, Pedram Yazdan
    Studysummary This study found that the Elastic Verhoeff–Van Gieson stain may help differentiate between follicular streamers and scars in cicatricial and noncicatricial alopecias by highlighting differences in the elastic fiber network on horizontal scalp biopsy sections.
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