Diseases

Adult-Onset Still's Disease

Systemic-onset rheumatoid arthritis in adults. It differs from classical rheumatoid arthritis in that it is more often marked by acute febrile onset, and generalized lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly are more prominent.

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Abstract

Systemic-onset rheumatoid arthritis in adults. It differs from classical rheumatoid arthritis in that it is more often marked by acute febrile onset, and generalized lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly are more prominent.

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9 entry terms
  • Adult-Onset Still Disease
  • Still Disease, Adult-Onset
  • Still's Disease, Adult-Onset
  • Adult Onset Still Disease
  • Adult Onset Still's Disease
  • Adult-Onset Stills Disease
  • Still Disease, Adult Onset
  • Still's Disease, Adult Onset
  • Stills Disease, Adult-Onset

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

a type of rheum arthritis; do not confuse with STILL'S DISEASE, JUVENILE-ONSET

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History Note

92; STILL'S DISEASE was see ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID 1975-91

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Previous Indexing

  • Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid (1966-1991)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Adult-Onset Still's Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016706. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016706
  2. Adult-Onset Still's Disease. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult-onset_Still%27s_disease
  3. Adult-Onset Still's Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1187697