Revised International Classification Criteria for Sjögren’s Syndrome (SS)

I. Ocular symptoms: a positive response to at least one of the following questions:

  1. Have you had daily, persistent, troublesome dry eyes for more than 3 months?

  2. Do you have a recurrent sensation of sand or gravel in the eyes?

  3. Do you use tear substitutes more than 3 times a day?

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Criteria for the Classification of Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)

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:

  • Proximal diffuse (truncal) sclerosis (skin tightness, thickening, non-pitting induration)

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Classification of Neutrophilia

Primary (no other evident associated disease)

    • Hereditary neutrophilia
    • Chronic idiopathic neutrophilia
    • Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and other myeloproliferative diseases
    • Familial myeloproliferative disease
    • Congenital anomalies and leukemoid reaction
    • Leukocyte adhesion deficiency (LAD)
    • Familial cold urticaria and leukocytosis

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Classification of Neutropenia

Acquired neutropenia

    • Postinfectious: varicella, measles, rubella, hepatitis A and B, mononucleosis, influenza, cytomegalovirus, parvovirus, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), S. aureus, brucellosis, tularemia, rickettsia, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, sepsis.
    • Drug induced: Antineoplastic agents, procainamide, antithyroid drugs, sulphasalazine, phenothiazines, semisynthetic penicillins, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, aminopyrine derivatives, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, gold compounds, sulfonamides, propranolol, dipyridamole, digoxin, acetyldigoxin, sulfamethoxizole, anticonvulsants
    • Benign familial neutropenia
    • Chronic benign neutropenia of childhood
    • Chronic idiopathic neutropenia
    • Autoimmune neutropenia
    • Isoimmune neutropenia
    • Neutropenia associated with immunologic abnormalities
    • Neutropenia associated with metabolic diseases
    • Neutropenia due to increased margination
    • Nutritional deficiency

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WHO Classification of Mastocytosis

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.

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Classification Criteria for the Diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

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.

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ICSD Revised Classification of Adult Insomnia

Primary Insomnia

  • Idiopathic insomnia: Insomnia arising in infancy or childhood with a persistent, unremitting course
  • Psychophysiologic insomnia: Insomnia due to a maladaptive conditioned response in which the patient  learns to associate the bed environment with heightened arousal rather than sleep; onset often associated with an event causing acute insomnia, with the sleep disturbance persisting despite resolution of the precipitating factor
  • Paradoxical insomnia (sleep-state misperception): Insomnia characterized by a marked mismatch between the patient’s description of sleep duration and objective polysomnographic findings

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