I. Ocular symptoms: a positive response to at least one of the following questions:
Have you had daily, persistent, troublesome dry eyes for more than 3 months?
Do you have a recurrent sensation of sand or gravel in the eyes?
Do you use tear substitutes more than 3 times a day?
1980 Criteria for the Classification of Systemic Sclerosis
The American College of Rheumatology (former American Rheumatism Association – ARA) has defined criteria, that are 97 % sensitive and 98 % specific for systemic sclerosis (SSc) as follows:
Major criterion:
American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN). Classified as PAN if at least three of the 10 criteria are present:
ACR Classification Criteria for Osteoarthritis of the Hip
Traditional format
Hip pain plus at least two of the following:
ESR of less than 20 mm per hour
Femoral or acetabular osteophytes on radiographs
Joint space narrowing on radiographs
Primary (no other evident associated disease)
Acquired neutropenia
Refractory anemia (RA).
Cytopenia of at least one lineage in the peripheral blood (usually anemia)
Normal or hypercellular bone marrow with dysplastic changes
Less than 1 percent blasts in the peripheral blood and less than 5 percent blasts in the bone marrow
Systemic mastocytosis is a clonal disorder of the mast cell and its progenitor. The symptoms of systemic mastocytosis are due to the pathologic accumulation and activation of mast cells in various tissues such as bone marrow, skin, gastrointestinal tract, liver, and spleen.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease of unknown cause that can affect virtually any organ of the body. Immunologic abnormalities, especially the production of a number of antinuclear antibodies (ANA), are a prominent feature of the disease.
Modified Child-Pugh classification of severity of liver disease according to the degree of ascites, the plasma concentrations of bilirrubin and albumin, the prothrombin time, and the degree of encephalopathy.
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