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SAT0430 Assessment of acr and slicc classification criteria in the asia pacific lupus collaboration cohort
R Kandane-Rathnayake, V Golder, W Louthrenoo, S-F Luo, Y-J Wu, A Lateef, S Sockalingam, S Navarra, L Zamora, L Hamijoyo, Y Katsumata, M Harigai, M Chan, S O'Neill, F Goldblatt, CS Lau, A Hoi, M Nikpour, E Morand
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | Elsevier BV | Published : 2018
Abstract
Background Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are commonly assessed using the classification criteria developed by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), or more recently by the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC). Although SLE is highly prevalent and severe in Asians, no comparison of patients meeting these criteria in predominantly Asian SLE patients has been performed. Objectives To compare patients meeting the ACR and SLICC classification criteria in the Asia Pacific Lupus Collaboration (APLC) cohort. Methods All patients fulfilled either the ACR (1997) criteria (≥4 of 11 items) or SLICC criteria (≥4 of 17 items, including ≥1 clinical and ≥1 immu..
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