The Effect of The Traditional Medicine on Unclassified Connective Tissue Disease.
10.3937/kampomed.49.835
- VernacularTitle:分類不能型こう原病における漢方治療の意義
- Author:
Toshiyuki ASAOKA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
unclassified connective tissue disease (UCTD);
traditional medicine;
prognosis
- From:Kampo Medicine
1999;49(5):835-838
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
In order to investigate the effect of traditional medicine on unclassified connective tissue disease (UCTD), we made a comparison of the 2-year outcome of patients with UCTD between in a ‘traditional medicine treatment’ group and in a ‘non-treatment’ group. In the traditional medicine group, only one case out of 30 developed CREST syndrome. In the non-treatment group, 6 cases out of 30 developed connective tissue disease (2 cases with systemic sclerosis, 2 cases with CREST syndrome, one case with MCTD, and one case with Sjögren's syndrome). These results suggest that traditional medicine can be effective in improving the prognosis of UCTD.
