Concept information
Preferred term
Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Connective Tissue Disease, Mixed
- MCTD
- Sharp Syndrome
- Syndrome, Sharp
Note
- a specific disease entity; do not confuse with CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES
Scope note
- A syndrome with overlapping clinical features of systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, polymyositis, and Raynaud's phenomenon. The disease is differentially characterized by high serum titers of antibodies to ribonuclease-sensitive extractable (saline soluble) nuclear antigen and a "speckled" epidermal nuclear staining pattern on direct immunofluorescence.
History note
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In other languages
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Finnish
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MCTD
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MCTD-oireyhtymä
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MCTD-syndrooma
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sekamuotoinen sidekudostauti
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Swedish
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Bindvävssjukdom, blandad
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MCTD
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008947
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