Petty R E
Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, BC's Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
Baillieres Clin Rheumatol. 1998 May;12(2):181-90. doi: 10.1016/s0950-3579(98)80013-7.
The classification of chronic childhood arthritis has challenged physicians for a century. Currently used classifications are all based on clinical characteristics and because they are frequently used imprecisely, communication of scientific data has been difficult. The new classification of the International League of Associations of Rheumatologists (ILAR) represents the results of an international effort to clarify the classification of this group of diseases based on identification of clinically homogeneous groups. This classification process is ongoing, and will reflect the results of scientifically based studies as they become available.
一个世纪以来，儿童慢性关节炎的分类一直困扰着医生们。目前使用的分类均基于临床特征，且由于使用时常不够精确，科学数据的交流一直存在困难。国际风湿病学家协会联盟（ILAR）的新分类代表了一项国际努力的成果，即基于临床同质性群体的识别来明确这组疾病的分类。这一分类过程仍在进行中，并将随着基于科学研究的结果的可得性而有所反映。
