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2. Connective tissue disease - Wikipedia

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   Connective tissue disease, also known as connective tissue disorder, or collagen vascular diseases, refers to any disorder that affect the connective tissue. [1] The body's structures are held together by connective tissues, consisting of two distinct proteins: elastin and collagen. Tendons, ligaments, skin, cartilage, bone, and blood vessels ...

3. Autoimmune disease - Wikipedia

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   Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) occurs when people have features of connective tissue disease, such as blood test results and external characteristics, but do not fulfill the diagnostic criteria established for any one connective tissue disease. Some 30–40% transition to a specific connective tissue disease over time.

4. Mixed connective tissue disease - Wikipedia

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   Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a systemic autoimmune disease that shares characteristics with at least two other systemic autoimmune diseases, including systemic sclerosis (Ssc), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), polymyositis / dermatomyositis (PM/DM), and rheumatoid arthritis. [2] The idea behind the "mixed" disease is that this ...

5. Types of Rheumatic Diseases and How They Affect You - AOL

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   Mixed connective tissue disease. Relapsing polychondritis. ... RA is a systemic autoimmune disease in which an overactive immune system attacks healthy cells, mainly the synovial linings of joints.

6. List of autoimmune diseases - Wikipedia

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   List of autoimmune diseases. Dermatosis in Crohn's disease. Demyelination in MS. PAS stain of lupus nephritis. Autoimmune urticaria. Proptosis in Graves' disease. This article provides a list of autoimmune diseases. These conditions, where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells, affect a range of organs and systems within the ...

7. 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 .