such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), primary Sjögren’s syndrome, primary antiphospholipid syndrome, systemic sclerosis (SSc), and mixed connective tissue disease is scarce. A population‐based ...

Background The mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is an autoimmune systemic disease characterised by clinical manifestations that are included in systemic lupus erythematous (SLE), scleroderma ...

When her symptoms persisted, the possibility of an underlying connective tissue disorder such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE ... Thus, to keep the disease under control and prevent long-term use ...

A new study sought to identify the frequency and determinants of flares for with people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with persistently active disease (PAD). Researchers found that both ...

and active SLE disease, according to a study published online Feb. 25 in JAMA Network Open. Yoo Jin Kim, M.D., from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and colleagues examined the frequency of ...

Researchers studying a deadly virus discovered a key protein behind its lethality and successfully used antibodies to stop that protein from causing dangerous fluid leakage in mice. The results ...

Lung disease is a general term for several disorders that include airway diseases, lung tissue diseases, and lung circulation diseases, some of which may lead to respiratory failure. During the ...

Connective tissue diseases are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune disorders that affect any of the body's connective tissues. These disorders can be inherited or acquired, and can present with a ...

Kidney cancer-- also called renal cell cancer-- is a disease in which kidney cells become ... A doctor may use a needle biopsy to remove a sample of tissue, which is then examined under a ...

Testosterone helps release growth hormones, which stimulate tissue growth, and it connects with nuclear receptors in DNA, which causes protein synthesis (or muscle growth). Turner points out that ...