title: Pediatric-onset mixed connective tissue disease.
abstract: This article discusses the literature on pediatric-onset mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) and adds 34 new cases. Although not benign, pediatric-onset MCTD carries less mortality than adult-onset disease.
authors.affiliation: Shriners Hospital for Children, 1900 Richmond Road, Lexington, KY 40502, USA. rmier@shrinenet.org
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Mier
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shishov
authors.forename: Gloria C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Higgins
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Rennebohm
authors.forename: Dorothy W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Wortmann
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jerath
authors.forename: Ekhlas
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alhumoud
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D000906:Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008947:Mixed Connective Tissue Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins