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Classification Criteria

Systemic autoimmune diseases are difficult to diagnose as the symptoms are overlapping and not specific but often very general such as fatigue, weight loss, fever etc.
For most systemic autoimmune diseases diagnostic criteria or classification criteria have been introduced. Some of these publications are listed below here:

(nb: not all of these diseases are systemic autoimmune disease but they are listed here as there is also some confusion about the correct diagnosis)

Antiphospholipid Syndrome
         

Miyakis S, Lockshin MD, Atsumi T et al.
International consensus statement on an update of the classification criteria for definite antiphospholipid syndrome J Thromb Haemost 2006;4:295-306

Diagnostic criteria for APS »


Celiac Disease

Fasano A, Catassi C
Current approaches to diagnosis and treatment of celiac disease: an evolving spectrum
Gastroenterology 2001;120:636-51

Link to internet page "medical criteria" » 


Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (also known as Churg-Strauss Syndrome)

Grayson PC, Ponte C, Suppiah R DCVAS Study Group, et al

2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2022;81:309-314.

Classification criteria for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis » 


Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (also known as Wegener's granulomatosis)

Robson JC, Grayson PC, Ponte C, Suppiah R, Craven A, Judge A, Khalid S, Hutchings A, Watts RA, Merkel PA, Luqmani RA; DCVAS Investigators.

2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2022 Mar;81(3):315-320. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221795

Classification criteria »

 

Mixed Connective Tissue Disease

Alarcon Segovia D, Villareal M
Classification and diagnostic criteria for mixed connective tissue disease
In: Mixed Connective Tissue Disease and Anti-nuclear Antibodies, Kasukawa, R, Sharp, G (Eds), Elsevier, Amsterdam 1987. p.33-40

Diagnostic criteria for MCTD »



Alarcon-Segovia D, Cardiel MH
Comparison between 3 diagnostic criteria for mixed connective tissue disease. Study of 593 patients
J Rheumatol 1989;16:328-334 


Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA)

Suppiah R, Robson JC, Grayson PC, Ponte C, Craven A, Khalid S, Judge A, Hutchings A, Merkel
PA, Luqmani RA, Watts RA; DCVAS INVESTIGATORS.

2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria for microscopic polyangiitis.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2022 Mar;81(3):321-326. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221796

Classification criteria for PAN »


Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM)

Lundberg IE, Miller FW, Tjärnlund A, Bottai M. Diagnosis and classification of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. J Intern Med. 2016;280:39-51. Doi: 10.1111/joim.12524

Diagnostic criteria of polymyositis / dermatomyositis »



Lundberg IE, Tjärnlund A, Bottai M, et al.

EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria for Adult and Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies and their Major Subgroups.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Dec; 76(12): 1955–1964. doi:  10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211468


Rheumatoid Arthritis

Aletaha D, Neogi T, Silman AJ et al
2010 Rheumatoid Arthritis Classification Criteria. An American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Collaborative Initiative
Arthritis Rheum 2010; 62: 2569-2581    

Classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis »



Liao KP, Batra KL, Chibnik L, Schur, PH, Costenbader KH
Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis 2008;67:1557-1561


Sjögren's Syndrome

Shiboski CH, Shiboski SC, Seror R, Criswell, LA, Labetoulle M, Lietman TM, Rasmussen A,
Scofield H, Vitali C, Bowman SJ, Mariette X, International Working Group on SS Classification Criteria.

2016 ACR-EULAR Classification Criteria for primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: A Consensus and Data-Driven Methodology Involving Three International Patient Cohorts.

Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017 Jan; 69(1): 35–45. doi:  10.1002/art.39859

Classification criteria for SS » 


Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Aringer M, Costenbader K, Daikh D, Brinks R et al.

2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Sep;71(9):1400-1412. Doi: 10.1002/art.40930

Classification criteria for SLE »

 

Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)

van den Hoogen F, Khanna D et al
2013 Classification Criteria for Systemic Sclerosis - An American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Collaborative Initiative
Arthritis Rheum 2013, 65:2737-47

Classification criteria for Scleroderma »