Connective tissue disease: Difference between revisions

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[[Autoimmune disease]]
[[Autoimmune disease]]
* [[Dermatomyositis]] - may have [[autoantibody|autoantibodies]] to [[histidine-tRNA ligase]] (anti-synthetase, [[Jo-1 antibody]]) and to PM-Scl nucleolar antigen complex
* [[Dermatomyositis]] - may have [[autoantibody|autoantibodies]] to [[histidine-tRNA ligase]] (anti-synthetase, [[Jo-1 antibody]]) and to PM-Scl nucleolar antigen complex
* [[Systemic lupus erythematosus]]
* [[Mixed connective tissue disease]] (MCTD). MCTD is an overlap between systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, and polymyositis. Most patients with MCTD have [[autoantibody|autoantibodies]] to [[U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein]]s (anti-U1 snRNP OR anti-U1 RNP)
* [[Mixed connective tissue disease]] (MCTD). MCTD is an overlap between systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, and polymyositis. Most patients with MCTD have [[autoantibody|autoantibodies]] to [[U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein]]s (anti-U1 snRNP OR anti-U1 RNP)
* [[Polymyalgia rheumatica]]
* [[Polymyalgia rheumatica]]
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* [[Scleroderma]] - most have [[Antinuclear antibody|antinuclear antibodies]] or [[autoantibody|autoantibodies]] to [[centromere]] or [[DNA topoisomerase I]] (Anti-Scl-70)
* [[Scleroderma]] - most have [[Antinuclear antibody|antinuclear antibodies]] or [[autoantibody|autoantibodies]] to [[centromere]] or [[DNA topoisomerase I]] (Anti-Scl-70)
* [[Systemic lupus erythematosus]]
Cartilage disease
Cartilage disease
* [[Relapsing Polychondritis]]
* [[Relapsing Polychondritis]]
Collagen disease
Collagen disease
* [[Alport Syndrome]]
* [[Alport Syndrome]]

Revision as of 20:24, 24 March 2010

In medicine and rheumatology, connective tissue diseases are "a heterogeneous group of disorders, some hereditary, others acquired, characterized by abnormal structure or function of one or more of the elements of connective tissue, i.e., collagen, elastin, or the mucopolysaccharides."[1]

Classification

Autoimmune disease

Cartilage disease

Collagen disease

References