Mixed connective tissue disease--an apparently distinct rheumatic disease syndrome associated with a specific antibody to an extractable nuclear antigen (ENA)

MeSH terms

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Antibodies, Antinuclear*
• Antibody Specificity*
• Collagen Diseases / diagnosis
• Collagen Diseases / drug therapy
• Collagen Diseases / immunology*
• Complement Fixation Tests
• Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Female
• Fluorescent Antibody Technique
• Hemagglutination Tests
• Humans
• Immunodiffusion
• Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnosis
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Myositis / diagnosis
• Prednisone / therapeutic use
• Rheumatic Diseases / diagnosis
• Rheumatic Diseases / drug therapy
• Rheumatic Diseases / immunology*
• Scleroderma, Systemic / diagnosis
• Thymus Gland / immunology