"Collagen Diseases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Historically, a heterogeneous group of acute and chronic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, progressive systemic sclerosis, dermatomyositis, etc. This classification was based on the notion that "collagen" was equivalent to "connective tissue", but with the present recognition of the different types of collagen and the aggregates derived from them as distinct entities, the term "collagen diseases" now pertains exclusively to those inherited conditions in which the primary defect is at the gene level and affects collagen biosynthesis, post-translational modification, or extracellular processing directly. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1494)
| Descriptor ID |
D003095
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.300.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Collagen Diseases- Collagen Diseases
- Collagen Disease
- Disease, Collagen
- Diseases, Collagen
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Collagen Diseases" by people in Profiles.
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Clinical implications of liver biopsy findings in collagen-vascular disorders. J Clin Gastroenterol. 1993 Oct; 17(3):219-26.
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Noninvasive investigation of the gastrointestinal tract in collagen-vascular disease. Am J Gastroenterol. 1984 Nov; 79(11):873-7.