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  2. Connective tissue disease - Wikipedia

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    Connective tissue diseases can be classified into two groups: (1) a group of relatively rare genetic disorders affecting the primary structure of connective tissue; and (2) a number of acquired conditions where the connective tissues are the site of multiple, more or less distinct immune and inflammatory reactions.

  3. Category:Connective tissue diseases - Wikipedia

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    Connective tissue diseases are caused by a complex array of autoimmune responses that target or affect collagen or ground substance. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.

  4. Connective tissue - Wikipedia

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    Connective tissue is one of the four primary types of animal tissue, a group of cells that are similar in structure, along with epithelial tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue. [1] It develops mostly from the mesenchyme , derived from the mesoderm , the middle embryonic germ layer . [ 2 ]

  5. Overlap syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Examples of overlap syndromes in rheumatology include mixed connective tissue disease and scleromyositis. Diagnosis depends on which diseases the patient shows symptoms and has positive antibodies for in their lab serology. In overlap syndrome, features of the following diseases are found (most common listed): [1] Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

  6. Undifferentiated connective tissue disease - Wikipedia

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    Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) (also known as latent lupus or incomplete lupus [1]) is a disease in which the connective tissues are targeted by the immune system. It is a serological and clinical manifestation of an autoimmune disease .

  7. List of skin conditions - Wikipedia

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    Connective tissue diseases are caused by a complex array of autoimmune responses that target or affect collagen or ground substance. [35] [43] Acute cutaneous lupus erythematosus; Atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini (dyschromic and atrophic variation of scleroderma, morphea plana atrophica, sclérodermie atrophique d'emblée)

  8. Rheumatism - Wikipedia

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    Rheumatism [2] /ˈruməˌtɪzəm/ or rheumatic disorders are conditions causing chronic, often intermittent pain affecting the joints or connective tissue. [3] Rheumatism does not designate any specific disorder, but covers at least 200 different conditions, including arthritis and "non-articular rheumatism", also known as "regional pain syndrome" or "soft tissue rheumatism".

  9. Collagenopathy, types II and XI - Wikipedia

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    Collagens are complex molecules that provide structure, strength, and elasticity to connective tissue. Type II and type XI collagen disorders are grouped together because both types of collagen are components of the cartilage found in joints and the spinal column, the inner ear, and the jelly-like substance that fills the eyeball (the vitreous ...