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Detailed accounts of the connective tissue diseases and of the rheumatic disorders in general may be found in W.S.C. Copeman, Copeman’s Textbook of the Rheumatic Diseases, 6th ed., ed. by J.T. Scott, 2 vol. (1986). A briefer, clinically oriented account may be found in John H. Klipple, Cornelia M. Weyand, and Robert L. Wortmann (eds.), Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases, 11th ed. (1997). Also of interest are Bernard M. Wagner, Raul Fleischmajer, and Nathan Kaufman (eds.), Connective Tissue Diseases (1983); and Emanuel Rubin and John L. Farber (eds.), Pathology, 3rd ed. (1999).
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| Added information on familial osteochondritis dissecans. | Sep 24, 2020 | ||
| Added mention that synovial fluid lubrication is reduced in osteoarthritis. | Jun 21, 2019 | ||
| Deleted Web site: Merck Manual: Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders. | Aug 06, 2013 | ||
| Added new Web site: MedicineNet - Connective Tissue Diseases. | Apr 01, 2009 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Sep 17, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Sep 17, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 24, 1998 |
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