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July 24, 2019 by Marisa Wexler, MS

Plucked Hair Follicles May Be Useful in Diagnosing Scalp Lupus Erythematosus

Examining gene expression in hair follicles may be sufficient to diagnose chronic discoid lupus erythematosus (CDLE), a kind of lupus in the scalp, avoiding invasive and expensive scalp biopsies, a study suggests. The study, “Plucked hair follicles from patients with chronic discoid lupus erythematosus show a…

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