Connective Tissue Disorders Health information topics about Connective Tissue Disorders: Children 1. Your Child and PXE PXE International, Inc. http://www.pxe.org/virtpat/docs/child.html 2. Juvenile Arthritis - Other Types and Related Condi Arthritis Foundation http://www.arthritis.org/conditions/DiseaseCenter/ja_other.asp Clinical Trials 1. NIH Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/arthritis/prclinic.htm 2. ClinicalTrials.gov: Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D011561&recruiting... 3. ClinicalTrials.gov: Mixed Connective Tissue Diseas National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D008947&recruiting... 4. ClinicalTrials.gov: Connective Tissue Diseases National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D003240&recruiting... Genetics 1. Genetics Home Reference: Pseudoxanthoma elasticum National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=pseudoxanthomaelasticum 2. Genetics Home Reference: Collagenopathy, types II National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=collagenopathytypesiiandxi 3. Genetics Home Reference: Spondyloperipheral dyspla National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=spondyloperipheraldysplasia 4. Genetics Home Reference: Stickler syndrome National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=sticklersyndrome 5. Genetics and PXE PXE International, Inc. http://www.pxe.org/virtpat/docs/genetics/geneticspxe.html National Institutes of Health 1. Questions and Answers about Heritable Disorders of National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/connective/connective.htm 2. What Are Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue? National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/connective/ffhdct.htm Organizations 1. Arthritis Foundation http://www.arthritis.org/ 2. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeleta http://www.niams.nih.gov/ 3. PXE International, Inc. http://www.pxe.org/ Related Issues 1. PXE and the Eyes PXE International, Inc. http://www.pxe.org/virtpat/docs/eyes/eyepat.html 2. Vascular System and PXE PXE International, Inc. http://www.pxe.org/virtpat/docs/vascular/vascpat.html 3. PXE and the Skin PXE International, Inc. http://www.pxe.org/virtpat/docs/skin/skinpat.html Research 1. Pulmonary Hypertension Often Goes Undiagnosed in P American College of Rheumatology http://www.rheumatology.org/press/2004/wigley_pah.asp 2. NCI Study Finds No Long-Term Health Effects from B National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/BreastImplantsO1Oct04 Specific Conditions 1. Marfan Syndrome: An Introduction to Related Disord National Marfan Foundation http://www.marfan.org/nmf/GetContentRequestHandler.do?menu_item_id=78 2. Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Merck & Co., Inc. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec05/ch068/ch068f.html 3. Mucopolysaccharidoses National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/mucopolysaccharidoses/mucopolysaccharido... 4. PXE (Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum): Questions and Answ PXE International, Inc. http://www.pxe.org/about/genbul.html 5. Soft Tissue Disease Arthritis Foundation http://www.arthritis.org/conditions/DiseaseCenter/soft_tissue_disease.asp 6. Stickler's Syndrome Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00682 7. Lipomas American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/763.xml 8. Dupuytren's Contracture American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=140&topcategory=Han... 9. Cutis Laxa Merck & Co., Inc. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec23/ch279/ch279e.html Treatment 1. New Treatment for People with Connective Tissue Di American College of Rheumatology http://www.rheumatology.org/press/2001/treprostinil.asp   Recommended Resources: Yahoo! Health News Yahoo! Health News 'Record births' after New Zealand quake A record number of babies were born in the aftermath of the powerful 7.0 earthquake that rocked New Zealand this weekend, hospital officials said on Monday. WHO wants faster, more flu vaccine production The vaccine used to contain the recent swine flu pandemic was effective, but health authorities will need to ramp up the speed and volume of production during the next global outbreak, a World Health Organization official said Monday. Cholera outbreak in Cameroon 'worst in 20 years' UNICEF says more than 300 people have died in the West African nation of Cameroon from the country's worst cholera outbreak in 20 years. 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