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Connective Tissue Disorders

Connective Tissue Disorders is a heterogeneous group of acquired or inherited systemic diseases that primarily affect the structure and function of the body’s connective tissues—such as collagen- and elastin-rich extracellular matrices—resulting in characteristic multisystem manifestations involving skin, joints, vasculature, and internal organs.

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The 2017 international classification of the Ehlers–Danlos syndromes

Fransiska Malfait, Clair A. Francomano, Peter H. Byers et al. · American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars in Medical Genetics · 2017 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Mixed connective tissue disease-an apparently distinct rheumatic disease syndrome associated with a specific antibody to an extractable nuclear antigen (ENA)

Gordon C. Sharp, William S. Irvin, Eng M. Tan et al. · The American Journal of Medicine · 1972 · 1.8K citations

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Gadolinium – a specific trigger for the development of nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis?

Thomas Grobner · Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation · 2006 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Ehlers-Danlos syndromes: Revised nosology, Villefranche, 1997

Peter Beighton, Anne De Paepe, Beat Steinmann et al. · American Journal of Medical Genetics · 1998 · 1.8K citations

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Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue

Victor A. McKusick · Postgraduate Medical Journal · 1960 · 1.5K citations

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  1. JU
    Jouni Uitto

    Thomas Jefferson University, United States

    53 publications · 3.7K citations

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  2. PH
    Peter H. Byers

    University of Washington, United States

    37 publications · 6.3K citations

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  3. FM
    F M Pope

    MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, United Kingdom

    38 publications · 3.2K citations

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    Anne De Paepe

    Ghent University Hospital, Belgium

    25 publications · 3.7K citations

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  5. AC
    A C Nicholls

    MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, United Kingdom

    21 publications · 1.3K citations

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  1. Thomas Jefferson University

    Philadelphia, United States

    42 h-index

    209 publications

    25.1K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    41 h-index

    187 publications

    22.2K citations

  3. Inserm

    Paris, France

    39 h-index

    235 publications

    22.7K citations

  4. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    39 h-index

    152 publications

    21.5K citations

  5. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    37 h-index

    197 publications

    18.4K citations

  6. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    37 h-index

    172 publications

    15.2K citations

  7. Ghent University Hospital

    Ghent, Belgium

    35 h-index

    231 publications

    96.8K citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    34 h-index

    130 publications

    16.4K citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 603 publications · 24.2K citations

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  2. Journal of Investigative Dermatology

    JID · 102 publications · 6.6K citations

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  3. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 61 publications · 6.8K citations

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  4. Arthritis & Rheumatism

    75 publications · 5.4K citations

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  5. Archives of Dermatology

    115 publications · 4.6K citations

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