Are the 1990 American College of Rheumatology vasculitis classification criteria still valid?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Advances in diagnostic techniques have led to better distinction between types of vasculitis, potentially affecting the utility of the 1990 ACR classification criteria for vasculitis. This study tested the performance of these criteria in a contemporary vasculitis cohort.

Methods

The Diagnosis and Classification in Vasculitis Study provided detailed clinical, serological, pathological and radiological data from patients with primary systemic vasculitis and clinical context-specific comparator conditions. Fulfilment of six ACR criteria sets and their diagnostic performance was evaluated in patients with a given type of vasculitis and its comparator conditions.

Results

Data from 1095 patients with primary systemic vasculitis and 415 with comparator conditions

SUBMITTER: Seeliger B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6251621 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature