http://www.curemywife.com/blog Learn about lupus, coccyydynia, fibromyalgia, arthritis, depression, mixed connective tissue disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain, coccygectomy, atrial fibrillation, autoimmune disorders, migraine headaches Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:42:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2009/what-is-mixed-connective-tissue-disease-mctd/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2009/what-is-mixed-connective-tissue-disease-mctd/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:48:49 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=78 Mixed connective tissue disease, as first described in 1972, is “classically” considered as an “overlap” of three diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, and polymyositis. Patients with this pattern illness have features of each of these three diseases. They also typically have very high quantities of antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) and antibodies to ribonucleoprotein (anti-RNP) detectable in [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2009/what-is-mixed-connective-tissue-disease-mctd/feed/ 1