Diagnostic utility of direct immunofluorescence test panels for cutaneous vasculitis: A scoping review.
Julia S LehmanTammie C FerringerMaxwell Alexander FungDavid S CassarinoSara C ShalinPublished in: Journal of cutaneous pathology (2024)
This scoping review discovered that DIF testing for vasculitis has been performed not only for diagnostic confirmation of vasculitis but also for disease subtype classification and prediction of systemic associations. Future studies on test sensitivity of DIF compared to that of histopathology are needed.