SLICC classification criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus SLICC PI: DR. MICHELLE PETRI New Investigator: Dr. Ana-Maria Orbai Funding Source: National Institutes of Health Seventeen criteria were identified in a very time-consuming and laborious process which involved the consensus diagnosis of over 700 patient scenarios, the reduction in the number of potential variables by extensive logistic […]
SLICC Damage Index SLICC PI: DR. DAFNA GLADMAN As chair of SLICC Dr. Gladman was a key facilitator in the development and validation of the SLICC/ACR Damage Index. As the precursor of the SLICC group, members of the NATO conference on Prognosis Studies in SLE which took place in 1985 in Toronto, recognized the need […]
Disease Flares SLICC PI: DR. DAVID ISENBERG Funding Source: European League Against Rheumatism and American College of Rheumatology Defining flare in patients with SLE is challenging. I have worked for many years to achieve the optimal way of doing this by 1) utilising a retrospective data analysis from the University College London Hospital lupus cohort, […]