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To validate and establish the joint ACR/EULAR classification criteria for systemic sclerosis compared to the historical 1980 criteria.

October 3, 2013Arthritis & RheumatismOpen Access

2013 Classification Criteria for Systemic Sclerosis: An American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Collaborative Initiative

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To validate and establish the joint ACR/EULAR classification criteria for systemic sclerosis compared to the historical 1980 criteria.
Evaluated the diagnostic performance of the updated ACR/EULAR classification criteria for systemic sclerosis.
Compared classification accuracy and sensitivity directly against the 1980 ACR criteria framework.
The 2013 ACR/EULAR classification criteria outperformed the 1980 ACR criteria in identifying systemic sclerosis.
The updated criteria enable a higher proportion of affected individuals to be correctly classified with the disease.

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Validation study demonstrates improved diagnostic performance for systemic sclerosis classification, indicating superior accuracy over 1980 criteria.

Hoogen et al. (2013) studied this question.

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Validation study demonstrates improved diagnostic performance for systemic sclerosis classification, indicating superior accuracy over 1980 criteria.