Bulletin on The Rheumatic Diseases 

About: Bulletin on The Rheumatic Diseases is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Arthritis & Rheumatoid arthritis. It has an ISSN identifier of 0007-5248. Over the lifetime, 374 publications have been published receiving 18033 citations.

Revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis.

Abstract: The Bulletin on the Rheumatic Diseases has published all of the classification criteria for the rheumatic diseases to date. These new revised classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis are very important as they should provide understanding of the possibly changing face of rheumatoid arthritis.

Preliminary criteria for the classification of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)

Abstract: A multicenter, ongoing study of early-diagnosed cases of systemic sclerosis and comparison patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, polymyositis/dermatomyositis, and Raynaud's phenomenon was conducted in order to develop classification criteria for systemic sclerosis. Preliminary criteria are proposed, namely, the finding of either the sole major criterion, i.e.,1) sclerodactyly, 2) digital pitting scars of fingertips or loss of substance of the distal finger pad, and 3) bilateral basilar pulmonary fibrosis. When applied to the case and comparison patients included in this study, these proposed criteria had a 97% sensitivity for definite systemic sclerosis and 98% specificity.