Abstract

IGLESIAS GAMARRA, Antonio; CANTILLO TURBAY, Jorge de Jesús  and  RESTREPO SUAREZ, José Félix. Critical analysis of the classifications of the vasculitides . Rev.Colomb.Reumatol. [online]. 2006, vol.13, n.1, pp.48-64. ISSN 0121-8123.

In this paper we review the classifications of the vasculitides that have been published, especially those of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the Chapel Hill Consensus. We analyze the historical importance of each one of them, perform a critical analysis and conclude that none of these classifications is complete, that there is a necessity for cooperative multicentric and multinational studies that involve a large number of patients with all the forms of presentation of the vasculitis, to have clinical, epidemiological, immunogenetic studies that provide us with a better vision of these pathologies and let us understand and classify them more adequately.

Keywords : vasculitis; classification; diagnostic criteria.

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