CHRONIC DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS IN THAILAND: DIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE STUDY

Abstract

The DIF test of skin biopsy specimens is diagnostically significant in chronic DLE. Our study in Thai patients showed that the most common deposit was a combination of various classes of immunoglobulins, mostly IgG and often IgM as well as C3, and occurred at the DEJ of the involved area.