Mixed connective tissue disease: A rare disorder of the connective tissue which affects a range of body tissues and organs. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Mixed connective tissue disease is available below.
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Prognosis for Mixed connective tissue disease: good, 94% survived 6 years after onset
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The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
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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. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Mixed connective tissue disease as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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