International League of Associations of Rheumatology explained

International League of Associations of Rheumatology (ILAR^[1]) is an international body of the associations of Rheumatologists from around the world. It comprises partner organisations PANLAR, Paamerican League of Associations for Rheumatology, EULAR, European League against Rheumatism, APLAR, Asia Pacific League of Associations of Rheumatology and AFLAR, African League of Associations for Rheumatology. ILAR has taken leadership in the development of global consensus on the diagnosis of rheumatological diseases especially juvenile idiopathic arthritis^[2] It published the ILAR Journal.

Notes and References

1. World Health Organization and International League of Associations for Rheumatology core endpoints for symptom modifying antirheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials.. Sep 1994. 7799394 . 41. J Rheumatol Suppl. 86–9 . Boers . M . Tugwell . P . Felson . DT . van Riel . PL . Kirwan . JR . Edmonds . JP . Smolen . JS . Khaltaev . N . Muirden . KD.
2. Web site: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis classified by the ILAR criteria: HLA associations in UK patients. https://web.archive.org/web/20110121023717/http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/content/41/10/1183.long. dead. 2011-01-21. Rheumatology. Oct 2002.