Pediatric-onset mixed connective tissue disease.
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.
Mier
Richard J
RJ
Shriners Hospital for Children, 1900 Richmond Road, Lexington, KY 40502, USA. rmier@shrinenet.org
Shishov
Michael
M
Higgins
Gloria C
GC
Rennebohm
Robert M
RM
Wortmann
Dorothy W
DW
Jerath
Rita
R
Alhumoud
Ekhlas
E
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
D000906:Antibodies; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins