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To the Editor: Table 3 and Table 4 of Case 20-1999 (July 8 issue)¹ are entitled "Criteria for the Diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus" and "Criteria for the Diagnosis of Wegener's Granulomatosis," respectively. However, both these lists from the American Rheumatism Association and the American College of Rheumatology are for classification, not for diagnostic purposes.^2,3 It has been explicitly stated that these lists are "classification criteria . . . [and] are therefore not appropriate to use in the diagnosis of the individual patient."⁴ It should also be noted that classification criteria established in 1990 by the American College of Rheumatology . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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