Catalog
Mixed connective tissue disease
Link to WHO Definition
Mixed connective tissue disease – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/891652224
Mixed connective tissue disease is an overlapping syndrome combining features of systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, and polymyositis with the presence of autoantibodies to U1-ribonucleoprotein. Raynaud’s phenomenon is seen in nearly all patients and pulmonary arterial hypertension is the most common cause of death in MCTD patients.