Mixed connective tissue disease—enigma variations?
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[Mixed connective tissue disease].
Mixed connective tissue disease deserves to be a distinct disease entity due to the persistent citation of this disease in the literature since the original description by Sharp in 1972, in spite of the presence of several criticisms against the independency of this disease. The characteristic features of mixed connective tissue disease are: 1) the presence of anti-U1snRNP antibody with high ti...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Rheumatology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1462-0324,1462-0332
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kew265