Table 4.

Comparison of immunohistological dendritic cell parameters and the presence of in vivo confocal microscopy DFC

	DFC present		DFC absent		p Value
	n	%	n	%
Cellular CD83 staining	n=17		n=35		0.53*
0	3	17.7	7	20.0
1	11	64.7	17	48.6
2	3	17.7	11	31.4
3	0	0.0	0	0.0
Median number of CD45 cells with dendritic morphology per field	n=17		n=37		0.32†
	6		7

*Fisher's exact test.

†Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

DFC, dendritiform cells on IVCM.