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ARTICLE | February 24, 1975

Criteria for Classification of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus FREE

Nathan B. Rabhan, MD; Wilfred Minkin, MD
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JAMA. 1975;231(8):846-846. doi:10.1001/jama.1975.03240200044026
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In 1971, the American Rheumatism Association (ARA) Committee on Therapeutic Criteria proposed "Preliminary Criteria for the Classification of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus [SLE]".1Any four of the 14 items listed below, when present, indicate SLE.1

  1. Facial erythema (butterfly rash)

  2. Discoid lupus erythematosus

  3. Raynaud phenomenon

  4. Alopecia

  5. Photosensitivity

  6. Oral or nasopharyngeal ulceration

  7. Arthritis without deformity

  8. Lupus erythematosus cells

  9. Chronic false-positive serologic test for syphilis

  10. Profuse proteinuria

  11. Cellular casts

  12. Pleuritis or pericarditis

  13. Psychosis or convulsions

  14. Hemolytic anemia or leukopenia or thrombocytopenia

These criteria were formulated by computer analysis of 57 symptoms, signs, and laboratory findings in 245 patients (with "unequivocal SLE") under the care of 52 different rheumatologists in the United States and Canada. Insufficient data at the time of evaluating these records prevented further analyses of such commonly used tests as antinuclear antibody, Coombs test, anti-DNA antibody, tissue biopsies, and direct immunofluorescence of skin biopsy specimen.

The first six criteria relate

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Cohen AS, Reynolds WE, Franklin EC, et al:  Preliminary criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus . Bull Rheum Dis 21:643-648, 1971;.
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Rabhan NB, Minkin WF:  Criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus . Arch Dermatol 110:807, 1974;.
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Tuffanelli DC:  Lupus erythematosus . Arch Dermatol 106:553-566, 1972;.
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Braverman IM: Skin Sign of Systemic Disease . Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co., 1970;, pp 144-163.
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Davis P, Atkins B, Josse RG, et al:  Criteria for classificaiton of SLE . Br Med J 3:88-89, 1973;.
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Lie TH, Rothfield NF:  An evaluation of preliminary criteria for the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus . Arthritis Rheum 15:532-534, 1972;.

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Cohen AS, Reynolds WE, Franklin EC, et al:  Preliminary criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus . Bull Rheum Dis 21:643-648, 1971;.
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Rabhan NB, Minkin WF:  Criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus . Arch Dermatol 110:807, 1974;.
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Tuffanelli DC:  Lupus erythematosus . Arch Dermatol 106:553-566, 1972;.
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Braverman IM: Skin Sign of Systemic Disease . Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co., 1970;, pp 144-163.
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Davis P, Atkins B, Josse RG, et al:  Criteria for classificaiton of SLE . Br Med J 3:88-89, 1973;.
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Lie TH, Rothfield NF:  An evaluation of preliminary criteria for the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus . Arthritis Rheum 15:532-534, 1972;.

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