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* [[Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome]]
* [[Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome]]
* [[Osteogenesis Imperfecta]]
* [[Osteogenesis Imperfecta]]
==Diagnosis==
===Autoimmune disease===
Connective tissue disease due to [[autoimmune disease]] may have detectable [[autoantibody|autoantibodies]] to [[autoantigen]]s such as:
*  [[Histidine-tRNA ligase]] (anti-synthetase, [[Jo-1 antibody]]) and to PM-Scl nucleolar antigen complex with [[dermatomyositis]].
* [[U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein]]s (anti-U1 snRNP OR anti-U1 RNP) with [[mixed connective tissue disease]].
* [[Gamma-chain immunoglobulin]]s in [[rheumatoid arthritis]].
* [[SS-A antigen]] (Anti-Ro antigen) or [[SS-B antigen]] (Anti-La antigen) with [[Sjogren's Syndrome]]
* [[Centromere]] or [[DNA topoisomerase I]] (Anti-Scl-70) with [[scleroderma]]


==References==
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Revision as of 08:41, 25 March 2010

In medicine and rheumatology, connective tissue diseases are "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."[1]

Classification

Autoimmune disease

Cartilage disease

Collagen disease

Diagnosis

Autoimmune disease

Connective tissue disease due to autoimmune disease may have detectable autoantibodies to autoantigens such as:

References