title: Reply to 'CD123 immunohistochemistry for plasmacytoid dendritic cells is useful in the diagnosis of scarring alopecia': three PDC-related parameters are useful in differentiating lupus alopecia from LPP.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Ossama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Abbas
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Mazen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurban
mesh_terms: D000505:Alopecia; D002921:Cicatrix; D003713:Dendritic Cells; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry
keywords: alopecia; interferon; plasmacytoid dendritic cells