2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus.
Martin AringerKaren CostenbaderDavid DaikhRalph BrinksMarta MoscaRosalind Ramsey-GoldmanJosef S SmolenDavid WofsyDimitrios T BoumpasDiane L KamenDavid JayneRicard CerveraNathalie Costedoat-ChalumeauBetty DiamondDafna D GladmanBevra HahnFalk HiepeSøren JacobsenDinesh KhannaKirsten LerstrømElena MassarottiJoseph McCuneGuillermo Ruiz-IrastorzaJorge Sanchez-GuerreroMatthias SchneiderMurray B UrowitzGeorge BertsiasBimba F HoyerNicolai LeuchtenChiara TaniSara K TedeschiZahi ToumaGabriela SchmajukBranimir AnicFlorence AssanTak Mao ChanAnn Elaine ClarkeMary K CrowLászló CzirjákAndrea DoriaWinfried GraningerBernadett Halda-KissSarfaraz HasniPeter M IzmirlyMichelle JungGábor KumánovicsXavier MarietteIvan PadjenJosé M Pego-ReigosaJuanita Romero-DiazÍñigo Rúa-Figueroa FernándezRaphaèle SerorGeorg H StummvollYoshiya TanakaMaria G G TektonidouCarlos VasconcelosEdward M VitalDaniel J WallaceSule YavuzPier Luigi MeroniMarvin J FritzlerRay NadenThomas DörnerSindhu R JohnsonPublished in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2019)
These new classification criteria were developed using rigorous methodology with multidisciplinary and international input, and have excellent sensitivity and specificity. Use of ANA entry criterion, hierarchically clustered and weighted criteria reflect current thinking about SLE and provide an improved foundation for SLE research.