title: Classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus: a review.
abstract: The Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics, in preparation for revising the ACR classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus, reviewed the current classification criteria. These critical reviews, discussed at the Lund, Sweden, meeting in 2003, will be useful to the clinician and to the researcher. This paper reviews and critiques previous classification attempts.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. mpetri@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petri
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Magder
mesh_terms: D002965:Classification / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis