Derivation and validation of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus.

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Published in Arthritis Rheum on August 01, 2012

Authors

Michelle Petri1, Ana-Maria Orbai, Graciela S Alarcón, Caroline Gordon, Joan T Merrill, Paul R Fortin, Ian N Bruce, David Isenberg, Daniel J Wallace, Ola Nived, Gunnar Sturfelt, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, Sang-Cheol Bae, John G Hanly, Jorge Sánchez-Guerrero, Ann Clarke, Cynthia Aranow, Susan Manzi, Murray Urowitz, Dafna Gladman, Kenneth Kalunian, Melissa Costner, Victoria P Werth, Asad Zoma, Sasha Bernatsky, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza, Munther A Khamashta, Soren Jacobsen, Jill P Buyon, Peter Maddison, Mary Anne Dooley, Ronald F van Vollenhoven, Ellen Ginzler, Thomas Stoll, Christine Peschken, Joseph L Jorizzo, Jeffrey P Callen, S Sam Lim, Barri J Fessler, Murat Inanc, Diane L Kamen, Anisur Rahman, Kristjan Steinsson, Andrew G Franks, Lisa Sigler, Suhail Hameed, Hong Fang, Ngoc Pham, Robin Brey, Michael H Weisman, Gerald McGwin, Laurence S Magder

Author Affiliations

1: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Suite 7500, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. mpetri@jhmi.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Effectiveness of Pharmaceutical Care in the Adherence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treatment (ADELES) | NCT02330250

Observational Multicenter Case-control Study to Assess Nailfold Capillary Abnormalities in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | NCT02801812

CYCLONES - CYClophosphamide LOw Dose and No Extra Steroid (CYCLONES) | NCT03492255

Haematological Indices in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | NCT04110184

COVID-19 CoronaVac in Patients With Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases and HIV/AIDS (CoronavRheum) | NCT04754698

Clinical and Diagnostic Value of Ribosomal p2 Autoantibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | NCT05179018

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