The American College of Rheumatology and the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus in two multiethnic cohorts: a commentary

G J Pons-Estel; D Wojdyla; G McGwin Jr; L S Magder; M A Petri; B A Pons-Estel; Grupo Latino Americano De Estudio del Lupus (GLADEL); G S Alarcón; LUMINA cohort

doi:10.1177/0961203313512883

The American College of Rheumatology and the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus in two multiethnic cohorts: a commentary

Lupus. 2014;23(1):3-9. doi: 10.1177/0961203313512883. Epub 2013 Nov 27.

Authors

G J Pons-Estel¹, D Wojdyla, G McGwin Jr, L S Magder, M A Petri, B A Pons-Estel; Grupo Latino Americano De Estudio del Lupus (GLADEL); G S Alarcón; LUMINA cohort

Affiliation

¹ 1Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Institut Clínic de Medicina i Dermatologia, Hospital Clínic, Spain.

PMID: 24285098
DOI: 10.1177/0961203313512883

Abstract

The authors offer some comments on the advantages and possible drawbacks of using the SLICC criteria in longitudinal observational studies and clinical trials after applying and comparing them to the ACR criteria in two multinational, multiethnic lupus cohorts.

Keywords: ACR; SLICC; Systemic lupus erythematosus; classification criteria; multiethnic cohorts.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Clinical Trials as Topic / classification
Clinical Trials as Topic / methods
Cohort Studies
Humans
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / classification*
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnosis*
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / ethnology