SAN DIEGO — New classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), designed to more accurately identify patients for inclusion in clinical trials, demonstrate improved sensitivity ...

ACR-97 identified 220 of the 243 patients with SLE. SLICC-12 identified 228 of the 243 confirmed cases. Of the 55 control patients, two were later confirmed to have SLE .

The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) will present the draft of new classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) during a ...

Of the 130 patients, 104 met at least one of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for SLE before diagnosis; the remaining patients had sudden-onset SLE.

“From the ACR 1982 criteria through the EULAR/ACR 2019 criteria it has held true that we do not have a unique laboratory parameter that defines who has SLE,” they said.

Following ACR Annual Meeting Presentation, ... SLE-key was able to rule out a diagnosis of SLE with a sensitivity of 94 percent and a specificity of 75 percent. David Pisetsky, ...

This phenotypic diversity is reflected in the case definitions for 19 'neuropsychiatric' syndromes associated with SLE developed by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). 2 These case ...

The American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR’s) 2023 annual meeting is well underway and significant advances as well as new discoveries in lupus research have taken center stage. The November 10-15 ...

Investigators tested the performance of the 2019 EULAR/ACR criteria in a retrospective cohort of 126 Asian patients with biopsy-confirmed LN during 2014 to 2018.

Recommended treatment includes pulse intravenous glucocorticoids (250-1000 mg/day for 1-3 days) transitioning to oral dosing (≤0.5 mg/kg/day), with the goal of tapering to a dose of 5 mg/day or ...

In the years preceding diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Danish patients saw healthcare providers at about ...