Paper of the Month - October, 2010

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EULAR/PRINTO/PRES criteria for Henoch-Schönlein purpura, childhood polyarteritis nodosa, childhood Wegener granulomatosis and childhood Takayasu arteritis: Ankara 2008. Part II: Final classification criteria

Ozen S, Pistorio A, Iusan SM et al.; Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation (PRINTO).
This is an important article that is likely to be highly cited. It describes the work of a multinational group of vasculitis specialists, that is, establishing and validating classification criteria for several forms of pediatric vasculitis.


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