2022年3月1日 · The term "undifferentiated connective tissue disease" (UCTD) is used to describe a condition in people who have symptoms and lab test results which suggest a a systemic autoimmune disorder or connective tissue disease but which are not extensive or specific enough to meet usual criteria for a diagnosis of a defined connective tissue disease ...

2021年11月11日 · Different levels of laboratory diagnostic pathways can help physicians to correctly identify patients with undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) and patients with systemic lupus ...

Background/Purpose: Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) encapsulates a broad range of conditions including incomplete forms of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and systemic sclerosis (SSc), some of whom progress to a formal clinical diagnosis over time.

Background/Purpose: To evaluate the change in ANA titers as a proxy for progression in patients with undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) treated with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in a large academic clinical practice.

2022年11月1日 · Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) encapsulates a broad range of conditions including incomplete forms of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and systemic sclerosis (SSc), some of whom progress to a formal clinical diagnosis over time.

These two cases represent undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD). A final case had isolated thrombocytopenia along with a positive ANA (ITP-UCTD). Participants were asked if they would obtain ANA sub-serologies or discharge the patient from practice.

2014年2月1日 · The term undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) refers to unclassifiable systemic autoimmune diseases which share clinical and serological manifestations with definite connective tissue diseases (CTDs) but …

2024年6月1日 · From an evolutionary point of view, three possible situations can be observed: (1) the so-called UCTD could represent an early stage of a specific autoimmune disease, such as Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE); (2) UCTD could remain stable without progressing to another disease; (3) UCTD could resolve over time, with the disappearance of ...

2023年3月8日 · Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) is characterized by the presence of clinical symptoms of a systemic autoimmune disease in addition to laboratory evidence of autoimmunity with the patients not fulfilling any of the widely used classification criteria for classic autoimmune diseases.

2022年8月9日 · Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) refers to a condition presenting with symptoms and laboratory test results that suggest a systemic autoimmune disorder or connective tissue disease — such as systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus), Sjogren’s syndrome, or scleroderma — but for which symptoms are not extensive or specific ...