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- Mixed connective tissue disease
- MCTD
- Sharp syndrome
OSF Medical Group - Rheumatology
Imran Umer is an Internal Medicine specialist and a Rheumatologist practicing medicine in Peoria, Illinois. Dr. Umer is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease. He is also highly rated in 32 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Rhizomelic Pseudopolyarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), and Tissue Biopsy. Dr. Umer is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine.
Agnieszka Paradowska-Gorycka practices practicing medicine in Warsaw, Poland. Ms. Paradowska-Gorycka is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease. She is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Arthritis, and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE).
Ragnar Gunnarsson practices practicing medicine in Oslo, Norway. Mr. Gunnarsson is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease. He is also highly rated in 1 other condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, Antisynthetase Syndrome, Myositis, and Vasculitis.
Summary: The specific objective of this study is to perform a small, open-label study to assess the safety and efficacy of intralesional, subcutaneous injection of STS on calcinosis symptoms and lesion size in systemic sclerosis (SSc), mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) and dermatomyositis (DM) patients. Injection will be guided by ultrasound, lesion size assessed by ultrasound, and symptom burden by p...
Summary: Connective tissue diseases (CTD) are a group of diseases with diverse manifestations, most often multisystemic, which share an autoimmune etiology. They include Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Systemic sclerosis (SSc), Sjögren's syndrome (SS), Inflammatory myopathies (IM) and Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD). Many patients in rheumatology present signs and symptoms of CTD, but without me...
Published Date: May 13, 2022
Published By: Genetic and Rare Diseases Informnation Center