Neuromuscular Involvement in Connective Tissue Diseases.

Renal involvement in autoimmune connective tissue diseases

Connective tissue diseases (CTDs) are a heterogeneous group of disorders that share certain clinical presentations and a disturbed immunoregulation, leading to autoantibody production. Subclinical or overt renal manifestations are frequently observed and complicate the clinical course of CTDs. Alterations of kidney function in Sjögren syndrome, systemic scleroderma (SSc), auto-immune myopathies...

Lung Involvement in Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Diseases: A Rheumatology Perspective

Objectives: Studies pointing out the occurrence of Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD) in Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Diseases (UCTD) have been so far derived from patients admitted to Respiratory Medicine Units. We undertook the present prospective study to investigate for the presence of lung involvement, patients admitted to a Rheumatology Unit and diagnosed as UCTD. Materials and Method...

Connective tissue diseases.

Undiagnosed connective tissue diseases

Among different subgroups of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), those associated with connective tissue diseases (CTDs) have distinct hemodynamic and prognostic features; a correct etiologic diagnosis is thus mandatory.To estimate frequency and prognosis of previously undiagnosed CTDs in a suspect idiopathic (i) PAH cohort.Consecutive patients with PAH confirmed by right heart catheterizati...

Vistas in Connective Tissue Diseases

each excellent paper there is a discussion by the very distinguished members of the study group. The reviewer is, as might be surmised, in favor of disease-orientated research, believing that the application of basic science to clinical problems is the essence of modern medicine. He also believes that conferences such as this provide an opportunity for a valuable exchange of ideas. Unfortunatel...