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Alfonse T. Masi
Researcher at University of Illinois at Chicago
Publications - 238
Citations - 54098
Alfonse T. Masi is an academic researcher from University of Illinois at Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Arthritis & Rheumatoid arthritis. The author has an hindex of 66, co-authored 236 publications receiving 52023 citations. Previous affiliations of Alfonse T. Masi include Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine & American College of Rheumatology.
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The 1982 revised criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus
Eng M. Tan,Alan S. Cohen,James F. Fries,Alfonse T. Masi,Dennis J. McShane,Naomi F. Rothfield,Jane G. Schaller,Norman Talal,Robert Winchester +8 more
TL;DR: The 1971 preliminary criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were revised and updated to incorporate new immunologic knowledge and improve disease classification and showed gains in sensitivity and specificity.
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The American College of Rheumatology 1990 Criteria for the Classification of Fibromyalgia. Report of the Multicenter Criteria Committee.
Frederick Wolfe,Hugh A. Smythe,Muhammad B. Yunus,Robert M. Bennett,Claire Bombardier,Don L. Goldenberg,Peter Tugwell,Stephen M. Campbell,Micha Abeles,Patricia Clark,Adel G. Fam,Stephen J. Farber,Justus J. Fiechtner,C. Michael Franklin,Robert A. Gatter,Daniel Hamaty,James A. Lessard,Alan S. Lichtbroun,Alfonse T. Masi,Glenn A. McCain,W. John Reynolds,Thomas J. Romano,I. Jon Russell,Robert P. Sheon +23 more
TL;DR: Criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia are widespread pain in combination with 2) tenderness at 11 or more of the 18 specific tender point sites, and no exclusions are made for the presence of concomitant radiographic or laboratory abnormalities.
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Preliminary criteria for the classification of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)
TL;DR: A multicenter, ongoing study of early-diagnosed cases of systemic sclerosis and comparison patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, polymyositis/dermatomyositis, and Raynaud's phenomenon was conducted in order to develop classification criteria for systemic sclerosis.
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The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of giant cell arteritis
Gene G. Hunder,Gene G. Hunder,Daniel A. Bloch,Daniel A. Bloch,Beat A. Michel,Mary Betty Stevens,Mary Betty Stevens,William P. Arend,William P. Arend,Leonard H. Calabrese,Leonard H. Calabrese,Steven M. Edworthy,Steven M. Edworthy,Anthony S. Fauci,Anthony S. Fauci,Randi Y. Leavitt,J. T. Lie,J. T. Lie,Robert W. Lightfoot,Robert W. Lightfoot,Alfonse T. Masi,Alfonse T. Masi,Dennis J. McShane,Dennis J. McShane,John A. Mills,John A. Mills,Stanley L. Wallace,Stanley L. Wallace,Nathan J. Zvaifler,Nathan J. Zvaifler +29 more
TL;DR: Criteria for the classification of giant cell (temporal) arteritis were developed by comparing 214 patients who had this disease with 593 patients with other forms of vasculitis, and 2 other variables were included: scalp tenderness and claudication of the jaw or tongue or on deglutition.
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The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of churg‐strauss syndrome (allergic granulomatosis and angiitis)
Alfonse T. Masi,Alfonse T. Masi,Gene G. Hunder,Gene G. Hunder,J. T. Lie,J. T. Lie,Beat A. Michel,Daniel A. Bloch,Daniel A. Bloch,William P. Arend,William P. Arend,Leonard H. Calabrese,Leonard H. Calabrese,Steven M. Edworthy,Steven M. Edworthy,Anthony S. Fauci,Anthony S. Fauci,Randi Y. Leavitt,Randi Y. Leavitt,Robert W. Lightfoot,Robert W. Lightfoot,Dennis J. McShane,Dennis J. McShane,John A. Mills,John A. Mills,Mary Betty Stevens,Mary Betty Stevens,Stanley L. Wallace,Nathan J. Zvaifler,Nathan J. Zvaifler +29 more
TL;DR: Criteria for the classification of Churg-Strauss syndrome were developed by comparing 20 patients who had this diagnosis with 787 control patients with other forms of vasculitis, and advantages of the traditional format compared with the classification tree format are discussed.