A definitive diagnosis is crucial for management of any oral mucosal disease. Direct immunofluorescence (DIF) is a valuable diagnostic aid for immune-mediated blistering diseases and systemic connective tissue diseases of the skin and the mucosa. This paper gives an overview of the DIF biopsy technique for oral lesions and provides a background for the clinician to optimize the utilization of D...

Epidermal nuclear staining occurs as a result of anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) deposition in the nucleus of keratinocyte (‘In vivo ANA’). The frequency with which it occurs in various CTD’s varies between 2.6-9.8%.[2] The high prevalence in our study could be due to the smaller study sample. Four different patterns of ENS (viz. speckled, homogenous, nucleolar and rim) have been reported in the li...

A total of 316 samples of nasopharyngeal aspirate from infants up to two years of age with acute respiratory-tract illnesses were processed for detection of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) using three different techniques: viral isolation, direct immunofluorescence, and PCR. Of the samples, 36 (11.4%) were positive for RSV, considering the three techniques. PCR was the most sensitive techniqu...

The data focused on the value of immunofluorescence on paraffin-embedded sections are controversial, and it is still difficult to obtain reproducible results. The aim of our study was to evaluate the usefulness of immunofluorescence on paraffin-embedded renal section in detecting immune complex deposits in IgA nephropathy (n = 24), membranous glomerulopathy (n = 22) and lupus nephritis (n = 24)...

PURPOSE Behçet's disease (BD) is a disease of unknown etiology, which has multisystemic involvement. This multisystemic involvement might be the clue for an autoimmune pathogenesis. In order to evaluate an autoimmune pathogenesis, we examined immunoreactans depositions in the skin of BD patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS The skin samples of 108 BD patients (28 perilesional skin, 44 positive path...