Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD) - Information - Treatment
Information on MCTD diagnosis, symptoms, treatment options and pain relief. Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is considered an overlap of lupus, scleroderma, and polymyositis. The disorder can be an overlap of any combination of the connective tissue diseases.
The diagnosis of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease is complicated. How is Mixed Connective Tissue Disease different from Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease?
A brief explanation and fast facts about connective tissue.
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Connective tissues are the structural portions of the body that hold the body cells together. MCTD is a combination of connective tissue diseases.
A rheumatic disease syndrome characterized by overlapping clinical features of SLE, scleroderma, polymyositis or dermatomyositis, and RA and by very high titers of circulating antinuclear antibody to a nuclear ribonucleoprotein antigen.
Information about MCTD, from CIBA.
Connective tissue diseases are a special group of rheumatic diseases that can be associated with arthritis. The difference between "mixed connective tissue disease" (MCTD) and "undifferentiated connective tissue disease" (UCTD) is explained, from MedicineNet.
