definitionA syndrome with overlapping clinical features of systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, polymyositis, and Raynaud's phenomenon. The disease is differentially characterized by high serum titers of antibodies to ribonuclease-sensitive extractable (saline soluble) nuclear antigen and a "speckled" epidermal nuclear staining pattern on direct immunofluorescence. | synonymsMixed Connective Tissue Disease, MCTD, Sharp's Syndrome |
UMLSConnect tissue dis overlap syn, Connective tissue disease overlap syndrome, Connective Tissue Disease, Mixed, Connective tissue disease, mixed form, MCTD, MCTD SYNDROME, Mixed collagen vascular disease, Mixed collagen vascular disease, NOS, Mixed conn tissue disease, Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, Mixed connective tissue disease, NOS, Sharp Syndrome, Sharp's syndrome, SLE - Sys lup erythem rel synd, SLE - Systemic lupus erythematosus related syndrome, Syndrome, Sharp, Sys lup erythem rel synd, Systemic lupus erythematosus related syndrome |
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