Why CAPS criteria are not diagnostic criteria?

Robert Bm Landewé^{1

2}, Désirée Mfm van der Heijde^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Rheumatology & immunology Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Rheumatology, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
³ Deprtament of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
⁴ Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

Comment

Robert Bm Landewé et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Apr.

. 2017 Apr;76(4):e7.

doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210656. Epub 2016 Oct 31.

Robert Bm Landewé^{1

2}, Désirée Mfm van der Heijde^{3

4}

¹ Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Rheumatology & immunology Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Rheumatology, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
³ Deprtament of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
⁴ Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

No abstract available

Keywords: Epidemiology; Fever Syndromes; Inflammation.

Comment in

Response to: 'Why CAPS criteria are not diagnostic criteria?' by Landewé and van der Heijde.
Kuemmerle-Deschner JB, Benseler SM. Kuemmerle-Deschner JB, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Apr;76(4):e8. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210786. Epub 2016 Dec 16. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017. PMID: 27986656 No abstract available.

Diagnostic criteria for cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS).
Kuemmerle-Deschner JB, Ozen S, Tyrrell PN, Kone-Paut I, Goldbach-Mansky R, Lachmann H, Blank N, Hoffman HM, Weissbarth-Riedel E, Hugle B, Kallinich T, Gattorno M, Gul A, Ter Haar N, Oswald M, Dedeoglu F, Cantarini L, Benseler SM. Kuemmerle-Deschner JB, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Jun;76(6):942-947. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209686. Epub 2016 Oct 4. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017. PMID: 27707729