SLICC 2012 SLE Classification Criteria
SLICC 2012 SLE classification: ≥ 4 of 17 criteria with ≥ 1 clinical and ≥ 1 immunologic, OR biopsy-proven lupus nephritis with ANA or anti-dsDNA.
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Example
- Acute cutaneous lupus
- Yes
- Synovitis
- Yes
- Renal involvement
- Yes
- ANA
- Yes
Result: Meets SLICC 2012 criteria for SLE.
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What the result means
- Count pathway
- ≥ 4 of the 17 criteria (11 clinical + 6 immunologic) with at least 1 clinical AND at least 1 immunologic.
- Biopsy pathway
- Biopsy-proven lupus nephritis with ANA or anti-dsDNA classifies regardless of total count.
What you enter
- Acute cutaneous lupus
- Chronic cutaneous lupus
- Oral / nasal ulcers
- Nonscarring alopecia
- Synovitis
- Serositis
- Renal involvement
- Neurologic involvement
The other 10 fields
- Hemolytic anemia
- Leukopenia
- Thrombocytopenia
- ANA (immunologic)
- Anti-dsDNA (immunologic)
- Anti-Sm (immunologic)
- Antiphospholipid antibody (immunologic)
- Low complement (immunologic)
- Direct Coombs (immunologic)
- Biopsy-proven lupus nephritis (shortcut pathway)
How this is calculated
Petri M, Orbai AM, Alarcón GS, et al. Derivation and validation of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum. 2012;64(8):2677-2686. Read the source ↗
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