Diagnose- und Klassifikationskriterien in der Rheumatologie: Bedeutung, Nutzen und Gefahren

Translated title of the contribution: Diagnostic and Classification Criteria in Clinical Rheumatology: Function, Benefits and Risks

H. Raspe*

*Corresponding author for this work
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Abstract

Since about 40 years, both clinical rheumatology and epidemiology make use of explicit criteria for the identification of various rheumatic disorders. In the fifties, they have been proposed as "diagnostic criteria", whereas today they are developed as "criteria for the classification". Taking rheumatoid arthritis as an example, this history is described and analysed. Diagnostic and classifiying criteria turn out to be principally different. Considering further fibromyalgia, vertebral osteoporosis, vasculitides and nonspecific back pain, the second section of the article analyses the relevance, usefullness as well as risks of classification criteria for clinical rheumatology.
Translated title of the contributionDiagnostic and Classification Criteria in Clinical Rheumatology: Function, Benefits and Risks
Original languageGerman
JournalAktuelle Rheumatologie
Volume20
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)75-80
Number of pages6
ISSN0341-051X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 05.1995

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