Volume : 8, Issue : 2, February - 2019

NAIL FOLD CAPILLOROSCOPIC FINDINGS IN MIXED CONNECTIVE DISORDER IN INDIAN PATIENTS:A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY FROM A TERTIARY CARE RHEUMATOLOGY CENTER

Shanmuganandan Krishnan, Neelam Bundel

Abstract :

Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD) is a systemic connective disease characterised by a combination of systemic lupus erythmatosus, systemic sclerosis, polymyositis / dermatomyositis and Rheumatoid Arthritis with presence of very high titres of circulating autoantibodies to nuclear RNP antigen( anti-U1 small nuclear anti-ribonucleoprotein anti bodies).We report nail fold capillaroscopic changes in ndian patients with MCTD.