17. What are diseases of the
connective tissue? What are
some of them?

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Diseases of the tissue are
hereditary acquired diseases (many
auto immune cause) by
deficiency in or function of
of the connective , for
example, deficiencies collagen,
elastin,etc. Some such diseases are
, dermatomyositis, cheloid,
scleroderma, connective tissue
disease, and Marfan's
syndrome.