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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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The diagnostic criteria of Kasukawa include symptoms common to all the diseases involved, presence of antibodies against the U1snRNP, and selected symptoms typical of each of the particular component diseases separately (systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, polymyositis). The diagnosis of MCTD can be confirmed by at least one common symptom, positive antibodies against U1RNP, and at least one symptom from each of the component diseases.

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  1. Tani C, Carli L, Vagnani S, Talarico R, Baldini C, Mosca M, Bombardieri S (2014). "The diagnosis and classification of mixed connective tissue disease". J. Autoimmun. 48-49: 46–9. doi:10.1016/j.jaut.2014.01.008. PMID 24461387.
  2. Latuśkiewicz-Potemska J, Zygmunt A, Biernacka-Zielińska M, Stańczyk J, Smolewska E (October 2013). "Mixed connective tissue disease presenting with progressive scleroderma symptoms in a 10-year-old girl". Postepy Dermatol Alergol. 30 (5): 329–36. doi:10.5114/pdia.2013.38365. PMC 3858664. PMID 24353496.

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