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This chapter covers the presentation, immunogenetics, immunopathology, diagnosis, treatment, and testing for a range of connective tissue diseases. It covers a range of rheumatic disorders, from rheumatoid arthritis to Raynaud’s phenomenon, and also covers the undifferentiated diseases, overlap syndromes, and mixed connective tissue disease.