Diseases

Periostitis

Inflammation of the periosteum. The condition is generally chronic, and is marked by tenderness and swelling of the bone and an aching pain. Acute periostitis is due to infection, is characterized by diffuse suppuration, severe pain, and constitutional symptoms, and usually results in necrosis. (Dorland, 27th ed)

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Inflammation of the periosteum. The condition is generally chronic, and is marked by tenderness and swelling of the bone and an aching pain. Acute periostitis is due to infection, is characterized by diffuse suppuration, severe pain, and constitutional symptoms, and usually results in necrosis. (Dorland, 27th ed)

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  • Periostitides

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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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inflamm of the periosteum

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  1. C01w.160w.595w
  2. C05w.116w.165w.595w

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WE 251

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Periostitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010522. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010522
  2. Periostitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periostitis
  3. Periostitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1480377