title: The American College of Rheumatology and the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus in two multiethnic cohorts: a commentary.
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.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Institut Clínic de Medicina i Dermatologia, Hospital Clínic, Spain.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Pons-Estel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wojdyla
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McGwin
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Magder
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Petri
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Pons-Estel
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Alarcón
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000145:classification / Q000379:methods; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology
keywords: ACR; SLICC; Systemic lupus erythematosus; classification criteria; multiethnic cohorts