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SLE classification: plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

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The sensitivity of the long-awaited SLICC classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has now been examined in a cross-sectional observational study. Will the new criteria enable advances in the management of SLE?

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  1. Centre of Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, Düsseldorf, 40225, Germany

    Matthias Schneider

  2. Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, 02115, MA, USA

    Matthew H. Liang

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Schneider, M., Liang, M. SLE classification: plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Nat Rev Rheumatol 11, 262–264 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2015.16

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