The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine establish an ad hoc committee to review certain heritable conditions related to ...

Three recently published studies by Medical University of South Carolina researchers each adopted a unique approach to improving our understanding of hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS), one ...

Aortic dissection during pregnancy represents a critical clinical challenge, particularly among women with pre‐existing connective tissue disorders such as Marfan syndrome. The physiological changes ...

Diagnostic tests, such as blood tests, can help diagnose MCTD by looking for antinuclear antibodies, including anti-U1-ribonucleoprotein antibodies (anti-U1-RNP). The high presence of these antibodies ...

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Oklahoma teen singer Jazzy Smith battles Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, raising funds for specialized Florida treatment after rare ...

University researchers have developed a new connective tissue model to study disorders like fibrosis, a type of scarring that occurs when damage to the body causes normal tissue to be replaced by hard ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . One out of three registered randomized controlled trials on connective tissue diseases are never completed or ...