<i>Ex vivo</i> confocal laser scanning microscopy for bullous pemphigoid diagnostics: new era in direct immunofluorescence?

Abstract

Basement membrane fluorescence could be identified with ex vivo CLSM in the skin sections of BP patients. Ex vivo CLSM enables simultaneous and rapid detection of histopathological and immunofluorescence findings in the same session, albeit with a lower sensitivity than DIF in detecting BM fluorescence.