DEAR DR. ROACH: One rheumatologist diagnosed me with unspecified mixed connective tissue disease and Raynaud’s syndrome. I was put on Plaquenil, which caused some hair loss and thinning. I got ...

If the latter two are negative and suspicion remains high, order an extractable nuclear antigen and an anti-SS-A antibody level to put together the diagnosis of mixed connective tissue disease or ...

Anti-inflammatory medications are a cornerstone of treatment for mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) but your diet also is important. Eating foods that suppress inflammation may help prevent ...

Collagen diseases constitute a group of illnesses characterized by a variety of connective-tissue lesions with varying degrees of vascular involvement. 32 Autoimmune phenomena such as antinuclear ...

Mixed connective-tissue disease is characterized by the presence of anti–U1-RNP antibodies in association with features of several different rheumatic conditions, without meeting classification ...

The 427 patients in the study included 164 with lupus, while the rest had another connective tissue disease, such as polymyositis or dermatomyositis, Sjögren's syndrome, systemic sclerosis, mixed ...

A new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has further clarified the clinical manifestations of undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD).

Caiden Wakerley has rare conditions that left him in need of a wheelchair and in constant pain – and now his family ...

For example, based on a Parkinson’s disease rating scale for motor symptoms, those on MAO-B inhibitors who then received placebo infusions scored 6.82 at the end of the year, while those taking ...

Mwangi J, Litteken C, Gorthi R, Attoti Y, and Atluri R. Belimumab in the treatment of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease: case report and literature review. Cureus .