Diseases of connective tissue include a large number of different disorders that can affect various parts of the body. ... Kidney failure is a common complication of both lupus and scleroderma.

In 119 patients (23.5 per cent of the entire group with Hashimoto's thyroiditis) symptoms and findings diagnostic or suggestive of a systemic connective-tissue disorder were obtained ().Twenty ...

Other connective-tissue disorders. This heterogeneous group of 21 patients included 6 with rheumatoid arthritis, 4 with dermatomyositis, 3 with Sjögren's syndrome and 1 each with polyarteritis ...