Mixed connective tissue disease

Introduction: Mixed connective tissue disease

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.

Symptoms of Mixed connective tissue disease

• Anorexia
• Arthritis
• Weight loss
• Fever
• Pallor

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Mixed connective tissue disease?

• Misdiagnosis of Mixed connective tissue disease

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Prognosis for Mixed connective tissue disease

Prognosis for Mixed connective tissue disease: good, 94% survived 6 years after onset

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Reseach about Mixed connective tissue disease

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Clinical Trials for Mixed connective tissue disease

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Mixed connective tissue disease include:

• Safety and Efficacy of Pletal (Cilostazol) for the Treatment of Juvenile Primary and Secondary Raynauds Phenomenon - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Pletal
• Alendronate Osteoporosis Study - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Alendronate

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Definitions of Mixed connective tissue disease:

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