Table 2.

Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics criteria (2012)

Clinical criteria	Immunologic criteria
Acute cutaneous lupus (malar rash, bullous lupus, toxic epidermal necrolysis variant of SLE, maculopapular lupus rash, photosensitive lupus rash) or subacute cutaneous lupus (nonindurate psoriaform or annular lesions that	Antinuclear antibodies
Chronic cutaneous lupus (classic discoid rash, hypertrophic lupus, lupus panniculitis, mucosal lupus, chilblain lupus, discoid lupus/ lichen planus overlap	Anti-double stranded DNA
Oral or nasal ulcers	Anti-Sm
Non-scarring alopecia	Anti-phospholipid antibodies
Arthritis	Low complement (C3, C4, CH50)
Serositis	Direct Coombe’s test
Neurologic
Haemolytic anaemia
Leucopenia (<4000/mm 3) or lymphopenia (<1000/mm 3)
Thrombocytopenia (<100,000/mm3)