title: Does mixed connective tissue disease exist in India?
abstract: One thousand consecutive patients with systemic connective tissue diseases were screened clinically and serologically to determine the existence of mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) in the Indian population. After completion only three patients could be diagnosed as having MCTD using the standard diagnostic criteria. The results of this study point to MCTD existing but it appears to be a rare entity in the Indian population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sood
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pande
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Malaviya
mesh_terms: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000032:analysis; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000276:immunology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008947:Mixed Connective Tissue Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D015995:Prevalence; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins