Validation of 2017 classification criteria for adult and juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies proposed by EULAR/ACR in Chinese patients

ConclusionsThe 2017 EULAR/ACR criteria exhibited high sensitivity, specificity, classification rate in the Chinese IIM patients, which was superior to the 1975 criteria. The new criteria showed potential as clinical classification criteria in the future.

Source: International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases - May 22, 2019 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Xiaohui Zhang, Xinlei Yang, Lanlan Ji, Zhuoli Zhang Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research