title: A proposed criteria for diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus used in Veterans General Hospital.
abstract: An eight-point diagnostic criteria for SLE was proposed and evaluated at the Veterans General Hospital (VGH), Taipei. It consists of 8 points and 12 items, 3 points being required for an accurate diagnosis. All of 94 cases of SLE whether they could or could not be diagnosed with the ARA criteria fulfilled 3 or more points of the VGH criteria. None of the 17 cases of rheumatoid arthritis fulfilled 3 or more points of the VGH criteria.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000032:analysis; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D004247:DNA / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D004247:DNA