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DIF

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DIFDroit Individuel à la Formation (French: Individual Right to Training)
DIFDifference
DIFDeposit Insurance Fund (US FDIC)
DIFDifferential Item Functioning
DIFDesarrollo Integral de La Familia (Mexico)
DIFDirectory Interchange Format
DIFDanmarks Idræts-Forbund (Denmark)
DIFDeutsches Filminstitut (German Film Institute)
DIFDie in Fire
DIFData Integrity Field
DIFData Interchange Format
DIFDecimation in Frequency (algorithm)
DIFData Interface Facility
DIFDigital Interface
DIFDifferential Item
DIFDevice Input Format
DIFDublin Irish Festival (Dublin, OH)
DIFDirect Immunofluorescence
DIFDocument Interchange Format
DIFDisplay Interface
DIFDestroy in Field (retail)
DIFDevelopment Impact Fee (public finance)
DIFDistrict Improvement Financing
DIFDorsal-Related Immunity Factor (genetics)
DIFDirectory Interoperability Forum (IBM, Lotus, Novell, Oracle, et al)
DIFData Integration Framework (information management)
DIFDelaware Innovation Fund (est. 1995)
DIFDeath in Family
DIFDiscriminant Index Function
DIFDrug Information Fulltext (database)
DIFDjurgårdens Idrottsförening (Swedish soccer and ice hockey club)
DIFDjurgårdens Idrottsförening (Swedish sport team)
DIFDifficulty, Importance, Frequency (performance assessment)
DIFDiscovery Informatics Framework
DIFDiabetes Institutes Foundation (Norfolk, VA)
DIFDrill-In Fluids
DIFDisplay Information Facility (IBM, S/38)
DIFDigital Interface Frame
DIFDifferential White Blood Cell Count
DIFData Interface Format
DIFDiscriminant Inventory Function (IRS)
DIFDear Little Friend (fictional, Prince Caspian -Trumpkin the dwarf)
DIFData Interchange Facility
DIFDirect Immune Fluorescence
DIFDeterministic, Irreducible Finite-State (transition diagram)
DIFDevelopmental Integration Facility
DIFDiagnostic Importance Factor
DIFDMERC (Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier) Information Form (Medicare billing)
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Direct immunofluorescence on cytological smears in oral pemphigus.
ROLE OF DIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE ON TZANCK SMEAR IN PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS
((c) and (d)) Direct immunofluorescence staining for IgA and C3 shows granular mesangial staining, respectively (400x).
Rifampicin in Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections: Acute Kidney Injury with Hemoglobin Casts
Our patient's skin biopsy showed leukocytoclastic vasculitis with histopathologic evidence of IgA and IgM deposition based on direct immunofluorescence staining but renal involvement was absent.
Cerebral Vasculitis in Henoch-Schonlein Purpura: A Case Report
Direct immunofluorescence (DIF) was consistent with a subepithelial bullous disease.
Linear IgA dermatosis limited to the mucosal membranes as a rare cause of dysphagia
A case-control study was done using direct immunofluorescence on PAP smears in Hormozgan, Iran during 2004-2005.
The relationship between Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection and spontaneous abortion
In patients with active lesions, scrapings from lesions were collected and direct immunofluorescence was done using commercial kit of BioRad for confirming diagnosis of chickenpox.
OUTBREAK OF CHICKENPOX IN A MILITARY CENTER IN NORTHERN PAKISTAN
The biopsy is generally made at the edge of the lesion, and direct immunofluorescence staining shows a linear deposition of IgG, IgA, or C3 along the basement membrane [8].
Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid with Tracheal Involvement
The diagnosis of disseminated discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) was confirmed by histological and direct immunofluorescence examination.
Coexistence of systemic lupus erythematosus, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and bilateral breast cancer in the same patient: a random association?
Comparison of Chemicon SimulFluor direct fluorescent antibody staining with cell culture and shell vial direct immunoperoxidase staining for detection of herpes simplex virus and with cytospin direct immunofluorescence staining for detection of varicella-zoster virus.
Sore throat and left ear pain: this elderly patient's unilateral pattern of symptoms was key to the diagnosis
Antinuclear antibody test, Direct Immunofluorescence study, and Herpes simplex virus types 1&2 antibody tests were negative.
Annular bullous lesions with atypical erythema multiforme in leprosy
Diagnosis of DH is established on the basis of a direct immunofluorescence test (DIF) revealing granular deposits of IgA in the papillae and the presence of circulating IgA antibodies directed against the endomysium and/or tissue and epidermal transglutaminase (tTG, eTG) [2, 3].
Mediators of mast cells in bullous pemphigoid and dermatitis herpetiformis
When detailed clinical data, such as location (face, arms, or chest), history of typical DLE, positive serologies, or direct immunofluorescence studies, are provided, the presence of only mild keratinocytic atypia in association with corroborative histologic findings (vacuolar change, follicular plugging, dermal mucin, superficial and deep infiltrate) enable the pathologist to make a definitive diagnosis of HLE.
Cutaneous hypertrophic lupus erythematosus: a challenging histopathologic diagnosis in the absence of clinical information
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