Catalog

Respiratory disorders in mixed connective tissue disease

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Link to WHO Definition

Respiratory disorders in mixed connective tissue disease – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1438022904

This encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms, and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, pleura and pleural cavity, and the nerves and muscles of breathing. This diagnosis is in any disease that has the connective tissues of the body as a target of pathology.