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Connective Tissue Disorders

Your connective tissue supports many different parts of your body, such as your skin, eyes, and heart. It is like a "cellular glue" that gives your body parts their shape and helps keep them strong. It also helps some of your tissues do their work. It is made of many kinds of proteins. Cartilage and fat are types of connective tissue.

Over 200 disorders that impact connective tissue. There are different types:

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Results 1 - 10 of 344 for Connective tissue disorder
  1. Connective Tissue Disorders (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... of proteins. Cartilage and fat are types of connective tissue. Over 200 disorders that impact connective tissue. There are different types: ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/connectivetissuedisorders.html - Health Topics
  2. Connective Tissue Disorders: Recognizing and Treating Structural Defects From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    ... flexibility to skin, blood vessels, and more. But connective tissues disorders can cause serious health problems.
    https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2024/09/connective-tissue-disorders - External Health Links
  3. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome 
    Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a group of disorders that affect connective tissues supporting the skin, bones, blood vessels, and many other organs and tissues. Defects in connective tissues cause the signs and symptoms of these ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/ehlers-danlos-syndrome -
  4. Penile Curvature (Peyronie's Disease) From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)  
    ... painful erection; penis injuries; micro-injuries; Dupuytren’s contracture; connective tissue disorder; fibrosis; erectile dysfunction; ED; autoimmune disease; depression; emotional ...
    https://www.niddk.nih.gov/.../penile-curvature-peyronies-disease - External Health Links
  5. Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease (UCTD) (National Jewish Health)  
    Connective Tissue Disorders/Specifics ... Information on undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) and its symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment.
    https://www.nationaljewish.org/...-connective-tissue-disease?modal=1 - External Health Links
  6. ClinicalTrials.gov: Connective Tissue Diseases From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Connective Tissue Disorders/Clinical Trials ... Connective Tissue Disorders
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...ue+Diseases"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  7. ClinicalTrials.gov: Mixed Connective Tissue Disease From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Connective Tissue Disorders/Clinical Trials ... Connective Tissue Disorders
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...sue+Disease"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  8. Cutis Laxa (Merck & Co., Inc.)  
    loose folds of skin,loose skin,dermal laxity,connective tissue disorder,hooked nose,elastic skin,lax skin,CL
    https://www.merckmanuals.com/.../cutis-laxa - External Health Links
  9. Osteochondrodysplasias (Merck & Co., Inc.)  
    achondroplasia,short stature,connective tissue disorder,short limbs,dwarf,dwarves,little people,little person,dwarfism
    https://www.merckmanuals.com/.../osteochondrodysplasias - External Health Links
  10. Thoracic aortic aneurysm 
    ... a thoracic aneurysm include: Changes caused by age Connective tissue disorders such as Marfan or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Inflammation ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001119.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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