Objectives. Advances in diagnostic techniques have led to better distinction between types
of vasculitis, potentially affecting the utility of the 1990 ACR classification criteria for …

Background: The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) established criteria to
discriminate among patients with seven types of vasculitis. Although designated as …

Approximately 20 different primary forms of vasculitis are recognized, not all of which have
been included in classification schemes or consensus statements regarding nomenclature …

Nosology of primary vasculitis : Current Opinion in Rheumatology Nosology of primary vasculitis
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Vasculitides are a group of related disorders characterized by inflammation of blood vessels
leading to tissue or end-organ injury. However, the classification of vasculitis has been …

Vasculitis is inflammation of a vessel wall. The systemic and a major break was made in the
1990s with the 1990 American College of Rheumatology criteria (ACR 1990 vasculitides …

The classification of vasculitis continues to be amended to account for advances in the
general understanding of the nature of vasculitis and our ability to diagnose them. The …

Classification criteria have an important role and practical use in everyday rheumatology.
Improvement in therapy and our understanding of the aetiopathogenesis of vasculitis have …

Summary JAMES F. FRIES, GENE G. HUNDER, DANIEL A. BLOCH, BEAT A. MICHEL,
WILLIAM P. AREND, LEONARD H. CALABRESE, ANTHONY S. FAUCI, RAND1 Y. LEAVITT …

Classification of vasculitis remains unsatisfactory. This is largely because the pathogenetic
mechanisms of this family of related disorders have not been fully understood. Existing …