Plucked hair follicles from patients with chronic discoid lupus erythematosus show a disease-specific molecular signature.
Mohammad ShalbafAdewonuola A AlaseAnna BerekmeriMd Yuzaiful Md YusofJelena PistolicMark J GoodfieldSara EdwardNatalia V BotchkarevaMartin StaceyEdward M VitalMiriam WittmannPublished in: Lupus science & medicine (2019)
We therefore propose that information obtained from this non-invasive approach are sufficient to diagnose scalp lupus erythematosus. Once validated in routine clinical settings and compared with other scarring alopecias, this rapid and non-invasive approach will have great potential for paving the way for future diagnosis of inflammatory scalp lesions.