collagen disease

collagen disease definition - medical

collagen disease

noun
Any of a group of inflammatory, often autoimmune diseases affecting connective tissue, including lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, polyarteritis nodosa, scleroderma and dermatomyositis. Also called collagenosis, collagen vascular disease.

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