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Mixed connective tissue diseaseIn medicine, mixed connective tissue disease, commonly abbreviated as MCTD, is a serious autoimmune disease, in which the body's defense system attacks itself. It is also known as Sharp syndrome. Additional recommended knowledgeClinical featuresMCTD combines features of polymyositis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and systemic scleroderma and is thus considered an overlap syndrome. MCTD commonly causes:
It does not typically cause kidney disease or seizures. Distinguishing laboratory characteristics are a positive, speckled anti-nuclear antibody and an anti-U1-RNP antibody.[1] References
Categories: Diseases involving the fasciae | Rheumatology |
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