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*A wastebasket diagnosis in [[rheumatology]]. | *A wastebasket diagnosis in [[rheumatology]]. | ||
Serology - classic, non-[[specificity|specific]]: | |||
*Anti-U1-RNP (ribonucleoprotein) +ve,<ref name=pmid20722023>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sato | first1 = T. | last2 = Fujii | first2 = T. | last3 = Yokoyama | first3 = T. | last4 = Fujita | first4 = Y. | last5 = Imura | first5 = Y. | last6 = Yukawa | first6 = N. | last7 = Kawabata | first7 = D. | last8 = Nojima | first8 = T. | last9 = Ohmura | first9 = K. | title = Anti-U1 RNP antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid are associated with central neuropsychiatric manifestations in systemic lupus erythematosus and mixed connective tissue disease. | journal = Arthritis Rheum | volume = 62 | issue = 12 | pages = 3730-40 | month = Dec | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1002/art.27700 | PMID = 20722023 }}</ref> | |||
Usually has some features of:<ref>URL: [http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/bone_joint_and_muscle_disorders/autoimmune_disorders_of_connective_tissue/mixed_connective_tissue_disease_mctd.html http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/bone_joint_and_muscle_disorders/autoimmune_disorders_of_connective_tissue/mixed_connective_tissue_disease_mctd.html]. Accessed on: 18 February 2012.</ref> | Usually has some features of:<ref>URL: [http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/bone_joint_and_muscle_disorders/autoimmune_disorders_of_connective_tissue/mixed_connective_tissue_disease_mctd.html http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/bone_joint_and_muscle_disorders/autoimmune_disorders_of_connective_tissue/mixed_connective_tissue_disease_mctd.html]. Accessed on: 18 February 2012.</ref> |
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