Researchers from Aarhus University—in a major international collaboration—have developed a groundbreaking method that can ...

The prevalence of frailty was 33% among a US-wide cohort of patients with RMDs, with the highest rates found among those with fibromyalgia or CTDs.

Patients with connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease show slower decline in lung function and longer ...

The incidence and prevalence of CTD-ILD in the US is most common among women and older individuals, affecting approximately 116,000 to 118,000 adults.

The study included patients with a confirmed diagnosis of mixed connective tissue disease. Results: The prevalence was 0.70%, with a female predominance. The mean age was 35.8 years. Regarding ...

Eligible patients were adults (18 to 75 years of age) who had symptomatic WHO group 1 pulmonary arterial hypertension (idiopathic, heritable, drug- or toxin-induced, connective-tissue disease ...

The aim was therefore, to establish an ELISA for the demonstration of IgE autoantibodies to SSA/Ro, SSB/La, RNP proteins and dsDNA in sera from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), ...

Purpose Connective tissue diseases (CTDs) are heterogeneous with overlapping clinical features and shared immunopathology. We sought to assess clinical characteristics, arterial stiffness and ...

Both patients were on immunosuppressors and LTP. Mixed connective tissue disease: A single case in a female patient with puffy fingers, Raynaud’s phenomenon, arthralgia, and pulmonary arterial ...