Non-Invasive Approaches for the Diagnosis of Autoimmune/Autoinflammatory Skin Diseases: A Focus on Psoriasis and Lupus Erythematosus

    August 2019 in “ Frontiers in Immunology ”
    Anna Berekméri, Ana Tiganescu, Adewonuola Alase … Miriam Wittmann
    Studysummary This review examines non-invasive methods for diagnosing inflammatory skin diseases like lupus erythematosus and psoriatic inflammation using samples from plucked hair and skin tape-strips, but no new clinical results are presented.
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