Connective Tissue Disorders

• Latest News
• Pulmonary Hypertension Often Goes Undiagnoses in Patients with Connective Tissue Disease (10/17/2004, American College of Rheumatology)

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Questions and Answers about Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

• Treatment
• Injections (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Connective Tissue Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (National Institutes of Health)
• NIH Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

• Specific Conditions
• Cutis Laxa (Merck & Co., Inc.)
• Dupuytren's Contracture (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Lipomas: What Are Lipomas? (American Academy of Family Physicians)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Marfan Syndrome: An Introduction to Related Disorders (National Marfan Foundation)
• Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (Merck & Co., Inc.)
• Mucopolysaccharidoses (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Soft Tissue Disease (Arthritis Foundation)
• Stickler's Syndrome (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• What Is PXE (Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum)? (National Association for Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum)

• Related Issues
• PXE and the Eyes (PXE International, Inc.)
• PXE and the Skin (PXE International, Inc.)
• Vascular System and PXE (PXE International, Inc.)

• Research
• NCI Study Finds No Long-Term Health Effects from Breast Implants (National Cancer Institute)
• Pulmonary Hypertension Often Goes Undiagnoses in Patients with Connective Tissue Disease (American College of Rheumatology)

• Genetics
• Genetics Home Reference: Collagenopathy, types II and XI (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: Stickler syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics and PXE (PXE International, Inc.)

• Organizations
• Arthritis Foundation
  Also available in: Spanish
• National Association for Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
  Also available in: Spanish
• PXE International, Inc.

• Children
• Juvenile Arthritis - Other Types and Related Conditions (Arthritis Foundation)
• Your Child and PXE (PXE International, Inc.)