title: Classification criteria for Sjogren's syndrome: we actually need to definitively resolve the long debate on the issue.
abstract: A new approach for the classification of patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS) has been recently proposed. Although these new criteria substantially differ from the American European Consensus Group criteria, which have represented the gold standard for the last decade, when compared with each other the two sets show a high statistical degree of agreement. However, the fact that two different criteria to classify patient with SS could be available may introduce some additional difficulties in the scientific communication, making cohorts of patients selected by using different methods less than completely equivalent, and the results of epidemiological studies and therapeutic trials not entirely comparable. Consequently, to reach a consensus agreement on universally accepted classification criteria for SS seems to be a very desirable objective.
authors.affiliation: Section of Rheumatology, Casa di Cura, Lecco, Italy. c.vitali@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vitali
authors.forename: Hendrika
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bootsma
authors.forename: Simon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Bowman
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dorner
authors.forename: Jacques-Eric
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Gottenberg
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Mariette
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramos-Casals
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ravaud
authors.forename: Raphaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seror
authors.forename: Elke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Theander
authors.forename: Athanasios G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Tzioufas
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D032921:Consensus; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000592:standards*; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers