Our body is held together with tissues that connect different structures of the body together. Tissues and muscles need to be aligned in a way that there is no discrepancy in the outcomes of activity ...

Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) is a type of autoimmune disease. It can cause symptoms like joint pain and swelling, skin symptoms, and more. The exact prevalence of UCTD is unknown, ...

Suggested Citation: "1 Introduction." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Selected Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue and ...

Within the prior 24 months, I have had a financial relationship with a company producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients: Receive the the ...

Genetic studies have revealed many genes linked to both common and rare disease, but to understand how those genes bring about disease and use those insights to help develop therapies, scientists need ...

Inflammatory rheumatism is a generic term used to cover dozens of different health conditions, most commonly arthritis. Rheumatism refers to diseases that inflame joints, muscles, and connective ...

Objective The aim of our study was to assess a group of patients with calf muscle tears and evaluate the integrity of the connective tissue boundaries and interfaces. Further, we propose a novel MRI ...