Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Overview
Learn About Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
- Mixed connective tissue disease
- MCTD
- Sharp syndrome
Agnieszka Paradowska-Gorycka practices in Warsaw, Poland. Paradowska-Gorycka and is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Arthritis, and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE).
Ragnar Gunnarsson practices in Oslo, Norway. Gunnarsson and is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease. His top areas of expertise are Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, Antisynthetase Syndrome, Myositis, and Pericarditis.
Marzena Olesinska practices in Warsaw, Poland. Olesinska and is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Scleroderma, Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), and Synovectomy.
Summary: Connective tissue diseases (CTD) are a group of diseases with diverse manifestations, most often multisystemic, which share an autoimmune etiology. They include Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Systemic sclerosis (SSc), Sjögren's syndrome (SS), Inflammatory myopathies (IM) and Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD). Many patients in rheumatology present signs and symptoms of CTD, but without me...
Summary: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) are long-term autoimmune diseases in which the immune system attacks parts of the body. The abnormal immune reaction causes inflammation of and damage to various body parts and can affect joints, skin, kidneys, heart, lungs, blood vessels, and the brain. SLE and MCTD often affect young women, especially black and Hispani...
Published Date: May 13, 2022
Published By: Genetic and Rare Diseases Informnation Center