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Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: May 9, 2023 | Replies (75)Comment receiving replies
@johnbishop Thank you.
It's crazy.. there's only 2 discussions actually on UCTD and no one seems to really know what it is. MCTD seems to be understood more... from my understanding if I'm diagnosed with UCTD it's because I have Lupus and RA symptoms with some blood test markers of both but the tests aren't conclusive enough... but treatment is the same as lupus. Strange to me. Ive found no foundation and almost no awareness on this disease at all..
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Hi @bunnysammy -- I usually go to Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/) when I'm trying to find some in depth information or studies on a medical diagnosis or research papers. I'm no medical expert and have no training but I think the term undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) is similar to use of the term idiopathic for a diagnosis that's not specific. Here are a few articles I found using Google Scholar.
Quality of life in patients with connective tissue diseases: results from the Lupus Extended Autoimmune Phenotype (LEAP) study
-- https://academic.oup.com/rheumatology/article/57/suppl_3/key075.351/4971252
High burden of immunosuppressant use in undifferentiated connective tissue disease: results from the Lupus Extended Autoimmune Phenotype Study (LEAP) cohort
-- https://academic.oup.com/rheumatology/article/57/suppl_3/key075.346/4971247
PS8:154 Therapeutic and cardiovascular disease burden in undifferentiated connective tissue disease and systemic lupus erythematosus: results from the lupus extended autoimmune phenotype study (leap) cohort
-- https://lupus.bmj.com/content/5/Suppl_1/A112?utm_source=trendmd&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=lsm&utm_content=consumer&utm_term=0-A
John