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connective-tissue disease

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connective-tissue disease
n.
Any of a group of noninheritable diseases that affect the connective tissue, such as rheumatic fever and rheumatoid arthritis, and that are characterized by fever, pain, stiffness, and inflammation.
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Risk of connective-tissue diseases and other disorders after breast implantation.
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Our study's great contribution is to show that the idea that women with implants had a large hazard of connective-tissue disease is not plausible," Hennekens said.
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One of Mariann Hopkins's treating physicians testified that, although her diagnosis of mixed connective-tissue disease did not come until after the implants were put in, she had already displayed symptoms of connective-tissue disease as early as two years before receiving implants.
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