Developing classification criteria for discoid lupus erythematosus: an update from the World Congress of Dermatology 2015 meeting

Scott A. Elman, AB; Filippa Nyberg, MD; Fukumi Furukawa, MD; Mark Goodfield, MD; Minoru Hasegawa, MD; Branka Marinovic, MD; Jacek Szepietowski, MD; Jan Dutz, MD, FRCPC; Victoria P. Werth, MD; Joseph F. Merola, MD, MMSc

International Journal of Women's Dermatology (Jun 2016)

Developing classification criteria for discoid lupus erythematosus: an update from the World Congress of Dermatology 2015 meeting

Scott A. Elman, AB,
Filippa Nyberg, MD,
Fukumi Furukawa, MD,
Mark Goodfield, MD,
Minoru Hasegawa, MD,
Branka Marinovic, MD,
Jacek Szepietowski, MD,
Jan Dutz, MD, FRCPC,
Victoria P. Werth, MD,
Joseph F. Merola, MD, MMSc

Affiliations

Scott A. Elman, AB: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Filippa Nyberg, MD: Institution for Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet at Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Fukumi Furukawa, MD: Department of Dermatology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
Mark Goodfield, MD: Department of Dermatology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK
Minoru Hasegawa, MD: Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
Branka Marinovic, MD: University Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Zagreb University Hospital Center and School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Jacek Szepietowski, MD: Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University of Medicine, Wroclaw, Poland
Jan Dutz, MD, FRCPC: Department of Dermatology and Skin Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Victoria P. Werth, MD: Philadelphia Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Joseph F. Merola, MD, MMSc: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Rheumatology, Departments of Dermatology and Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; Corresponding Author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 2
pp. 44 – 45

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Currently, no standardized classification criteria exist for cutaneous lupus erythematosus. With increased interest in studying cutaneous lupus erythematosus, specifically discoid lupus erythematosus, it is our aim to apply previously adopted methods from rheumatology to dermatologic diseases to develop feasible, validated, and standardized classification criteria useful in both academic and community practice. Here we report the progress to date to define discoid lupus erythematosus using clinical, histopathologic, and serologic features by means of a Delphi method—using a series of iterative questionnaires sent to expert stakeholders. We present specific updates from the World Congress of Dermatology 2015 meeting, at which a nominal group of expert stakeholders met to discuss the results of round 1 of the Delphi process to further clarify and harmonize specific classification items for inclusion into round 2. Key words: Discoid Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus, Lupus, Connective Tissue Diseases, Delphi method, classification criteria, World Congress of Dermatology

Published in International Journal of Women's Dermatology

ISSN: 2352-6475 (Online)
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dermatology
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