Background Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) has long been debated as an early nonspecific phase/symptom of ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: One rheumatologist diagnosed me with unspecified mixed connective tissue disease and Raynaud’s syndrome. I was put on Plaquenil, which caused some hair loss and thinning. I got a ...

The lab panels for evaluating a patient with arthralgias/arthritis for lupus or connective tissue disease are costly. Once a complete blood count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate have been done, is ...

Which pulmonary manifestations were present among patients with connective tissue disorder? Pulmonary manifestations were found in about a quarter of connective tissue disorder (CTD) patients, ...

EULAR - The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology - has worked with the European Respiratory Society (ERS) to develop new clinical practice guidelines for interstitial lung disease (ILD) ...

One out of three registered randomized controlled trials on connective tissue diseases are never completed or published, representing a “waste of energy or resources” that may skew meta-analyses, ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Rituximab (Rituxan) matched IV cyclophosphamide for improving lung function in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) related to systemic sclerosis and other connective tissue ...