Salt split technique: A useful tool in the diagnosis of subepidermal bullous disorders | Zendy

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Salt split technique: A useful tool in the diagnosis of subepidermal bullous disorders

Author(s) -

Raghavendra Rao,

Abhishek De,

C Balachandran

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

indian journal of dermatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395

H-Index - 36

eISSN - 1998-3611

pISSN - 0019-5154

DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.74534

Subject(s) - epidermolysis bullosa acquisita , medicine , dermatology , gold standard (test) , direct fluorescent antibody , pathology , epidermolysis bullosa , immunofluorescence , bullous pemphigoid , antibody , immunology

Direct immunofluorescence (DIF) is the gold standard in the diagnosis of immunobullous diseases. However, it cannot reliably differentiate various subtypes of subepidermal immune- bullous diseases (SIBD). Salt split technique (SST) could be used under such circumstances to differentiate them. There is paucity of reports in the Indian literature regarding the SST.

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