Sharp syndrome

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Classification according to ICD-10
M35 Other diseases with systemic involvement of the connective tissue
M35.1 Other overlap syndromes
- mixed connective tissue disease (Sharp syndrome)
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

As mixed connective tissue disease , mixed connective tissue disease or MCTD ( mixed connective tissue disease ) refers to a mild extending collagenosis with a mixture of lupus erythematosus , progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS), polymyositis and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Antinuclear antibodies (ANA), especially anti-U1-RNP antibodies, can be detected. The disease was first described in 1972 by the American internist Gordon C. Sharp .

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