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, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Connective Tissue Diseases" by people in this website by year, and whether "Connective Tissue Diseases" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 31 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 1995
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