The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of vasculitis: Patients and methods

1990/08/01 by D. Blöch, Daniel A. Bloch, Beat A. Michel +16 · 277 citations
Medicine · #Arteritis #Dermatology #Disease #Giant cell arteritis #Internal medicine #Medicine #Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis #Polyarteritis nodosa #Purpura (gastropod) #Rheumatology #Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases #Takayasu arteritis #Vasculitis #Vasculitis and related conditions

paper · doi:10.1002/art.1780330803

published in Arthritis & Rheumatism 33(8), 1068-1073 (Wiley)

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Abstract

The American College of Rheumatology Subcommittee on Classification of Vasculitis of the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Criteria Committee developed classification criteria for 7 forms of vasculitis: polyarteritis nodosa, Churg-Strauss syndrome, Wegener's granulomatosis, hypersensitivity vasculitis, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, giant cell (temporal) arteritis, and Takayasu arteritis. The data collection methods, quality control, and analytic procedures used to derive the classification rules are discussed herein.

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