Undifferentiated connective tissue syndromes
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Undifferentiated connective tissue diseases (UCTD).
The term undifferentiated connective tissue diseases is used to define conditions characterized by the presence of signs and symptoms suggestive of a systemic autoimmune disease that do not satisfy the classificative criteria for defined connective tissue diseases (CTD) such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Sjögren's syndrome (SS), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and others. A small percentage ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis & Rheumatism
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0004-3591,1529-0131
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780230312