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Connective Tissue Diseases

Known as: Connective Tissue Diseases [Disease/Finding], Tissue Disease, Connective, Disease, Connective Tissue 
A heterogeneous group of disorders, some hereditary, others acquired, characterized by abnormal structure or function of one or more of the elements… 
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Review
2009
Review
2009
Genetic diseases of connective tissues: cellular and extracellular effects of ECM mutations
Tissue-specific extracellular matrices (ECMs) are crucial for normal development and tissue function, and mutations in ECM genes… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
CRTAP Is Required for Prolyl 3- Hydroxylation and Mutations Cause Recessive Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Review
2004
Review
2004
Variations in histological patterns of interstitial pneumonia between connective tissue disorders and their relationship to prognosis
Aims and methods:  Pulmonary parenchymal disease is common in patients with connective tissue disorders (CTDs). However, most… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Presence of antinucleosome autoantibodies in a restricted set of connective tissue diseases: antinucleosome antibodies of the IgG3 subclass are markers of renal pathogenicity in systemic lupus…
OBJECTIVE To study the frequency and disease specificity of antinucleosome antibody reactivity in diverse connective tissue… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
A multiple subunit Mi-2 histone deacetylase from Xenopus laevis cofractionates with an associated Snf2 superfamily ATPase
Review
1995
Review
1995
Physiologic mechanisms of postischemic tissue injury.
Early restitution of blood flow to ischemic tissues is essential to halt the progression of cellular injury associated with… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Brain gray and white matter volume loss accelerates with aging in chronic alcoholics: a quantitative MRI study.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to study in vivo the brains of 49 patients with chronic alcoholism, 3 to 4 weeks post… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Patterns of finger capillary abnormalities in connective tissue disease by "wide-field" microscopy.
The fingers of 75 patients with connective tissue disorders were examined by “wide-field” capillary microscopy. Four diagnostic… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Life expectancy and causes of death in the Marfan syndrome.
Abstract The Marfan syndrome is a dominantly inherited disorder of connective tissue with multisystem involvement. The cardiac… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Cryoglobulinemia--a clinical and laboratory study. II. Cryoglobulins with rheumatoid factor activity.
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