Connective Tissue Diseases
"Connective Tissue Diseases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A heterogeneous group of disorders, some hereditary, others acquired, characterized by abnormal structure or function of one or more of the elements of connective tissue, i.e., collagen, elastin, or the mucopolysaccharides.
| Descriptor ID |
D003240
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Connective Tissue Diseases- Connective Tissue Diseases
- Connective Tissue Disease
- Disease, Connective Tissue
- Diseases, Connective Tissue
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Connective Tissue Diseases" by people in Profiles.
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Examination of Adverse Reactions After COVID-19 Vaccination Among Patients With a History of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 01 03; 6(1):e2248987.
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Genetic Disorders Should Be Considered Prior to Diagnosing Interstitial Pneumonia With Autoimmune Features: Comment on the Review by Wilfong et al. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 12; 71(12):2132-2133.
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Segmental Aortic Stiffness in Children and Young Adults With Connective Tissue Disorders: Relationships With Age, Aortic Size, Rate of Dilation, and Surgical Root Replacement. Circulation. 2015 Aug 18; 132(7):595-602.
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Aortic dissection in hospitalized children and young adults: a multiinstitutional study. Congenit Heart Dis. 2014 Jan-Feb; 9(1):54-62.
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Soft tissue Langerhans cell histiocytosis with secondary bone involvement in extremities: evolution of lesions in two patients. Skeletal Radiol. 2013 Sep; 42(9):1301-9.
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Increased vertebral artery tortuosity index is associated with adverse outcomes in children and young adults with connective tissue disorders. Circulation. 2011 Jul 26; 124(4):388-96.
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Unique epitopes in RNA helicase II/Gu protein recognized by serum from a watermelon stomach patient. Mol Immunol. 2000 May; 37(7):351-9.
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Autoantibodies to a nucleolar RNA helicase protein in patients with connective tissue diseases. Arthritis Rheum. 1997 Aug; 40(8):1487-92.
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A tandem duplication within the fibrillin 1 gene is associated with the mouse tight skin mutation. Genome Res. 1996 Apr; 6(4):300-13.
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Werner's syndrome. Dermatol Clin. 1995 Jan; 13(1):163-8.