Defining lupus cases for clinical studies: The Boston weighted criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2545-2550

  Costenbader, Karen H ^a,b,c   Karlson, Elizabeth W ^a,b,c   Liang, Matthew H ^a,b,c   Mandl, Lisa A ^a,b,c  

^a Robert B Brigham Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Clinical Research Center   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical studies; Lupus weighted criteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036897374     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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