Mixed connective tissue disease
Автор: Valentin Menshikov,
Mixed connective tissue disease
For mixed connective tissue disease characterized by a combination of symptoms of scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, polymyositis and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Defeat in mixed connective tissue disease characterized by kidney for children, adults are rare.
Antibodies to RNP-70
Circulating antibodies to RNP-70 are a specific marker for mixed connective tissue disease, while antibodies to other extractable nuclear antigens and DNA are missing or are found in low titre.
See also
- Achilles tendon inflammation (paratenonitis, ahillobursitis)
- Achilles tendon injury (sprain, rupture)
- Ankle and foot sprain
- Arthritis and arthrosis (osteoarthritis):
- Autoimmune connective tissue disease:
- Bunion (hallux valgus)
- Epicondylitis ("tennis elbow")
- Hygroma
- Joint ankylosis
- Joint contractures
- Joint dislocation:
- Knee joint (ligaments and meniscus) injury
- Metabolic bone disease:
- Myositis, fibromyalgia (muscle pain)
- Plantar fasciitis (heel spurs)
- Tenosynovitis (infectious, stenosing)
- Vitamin D and parathyroid hormone
