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Diagnostic criteria, severity classification and guidelines of eosinophilic fasciitis
Author(s) -
Jinnin Masatoshi,
Yamamoto Toshiyuki,
Asano Yoshihide,
Ishikawa Osamu,
Sato Shinichi,
Takehara Kazuhiko,
Hasegawa Minoru,
Fujimoto Manabu,
Ihn Hironobu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/1346-8138.14160
Subject(s) - guideline , eosinophilic fasciitis , medicine , fasciitis , clinical practice , intensive care medicine , eosinophilic , disease , medline , physical therapy , pathology , radiology , political science , law
We established diagnostic criteria and severity classification of eosinophilic fasciitis because there is no established diagnostic criteria or widely accepted severity classification of the disease. Also, there has been no clinical guideline for eosinophilic fasciitis, so we established its clinical guideline ahead of all over the world. In particular, the clinical guideline was established by clinical questions based on evidence‐based medicine according to the New Minds Clinical Practice Guideline Creation Manual (version 1.0). We aimed to make the guideline easy to use and reliable based on the newest evidence, and to present guidance as specific as possible for various clinical problems in treatment of eosinophilic fasciitis.