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==Laboratory Findings==
==Laboratory Findings==


*Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of MCTD include:<ref name="pmid16391886">{{cite journal |vauthors=Mimura Y, Ihn H, Jinnin M, Asano Y, Yamane K, Tamaki K |title=Rheumatoid factor isotypes in mixed connective tissue disease |journal=Clin. Rheumatol. |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=572–4 |date=July 2006 |pmid=16391886 |doi=10.1007/s10067-005-0185-y |url=}}</ref>
*Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of MCTD include:<ref name="pmid16391886">{{cite journal |vauthors=Mimura Y, Ihn H, Jinnin M, Asano Y, Yamane K, Tamaki K |title=Rheumatoid factor isotypes in mixed connective tissue disease |journal=Clin. Rheumatol. |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=572–4 |date=July 2006 |pmid=16391886 |doi=10.1007/s10067-005-0185-y |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15563821">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ruiz Pombo M, Labrador Horrillo M, Selva O'Callaghan A |title=[Undifferentiated, overlapping and mixed connective tissue diseases] |language=Spanish; Castilian |journal=Med Clin (Barc) |volume=123 |issue=18 |pages=712–7 |date=November 2004 |pmid=15563821 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
**Antibodies against the U1-ribonucleoprotein complex (anti U1RNP)
**Rheumatoid factor (RF)
**Rheumatoid factor (RF)
==References==
==References==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shaghayegh Habibi, M.D.[2]

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Laboratory Findings

  • Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of MCTD include:[1][2]
    • Antibodies against the U1-ribonucleoprotein complex (anti U1RNP)
    • Rheumatoid factor (RF)

References

  1. Mimura Y, Ihn H, Jinnin M, Asano Y, Yamane K, Tamaki K (July 2006). "Rheumatoid factor isotypes in mixed connective tissue disease". Clin. Rheumatol. 25 (4): 572–4. doi:10.1007/s10067-005-0185-y. PMID 16391886.
  2. Ruiz Pombo M, Labrador Horrillo M, Selva O'Callaghan A (November 2004). "[Undifferentiated, overlapping and mixed connective tissue diseases]". Med Clin (Barc) (in Spanish; Castilian). 123 (18): 712–7. PMID 15563821.

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