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Abstract
Disorders of connective tissue, especially the joints and related structures, characterized by inflammation, degeneration, or metabolic derangement.
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4 entry terms
- Rheumatism
- Disease, Rheumatic
- Diseases, Rheumatic
- Rheumatic Disease
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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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90; was RHEUMATISM 1966-89
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Rheumatic Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012216. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012216
- Rheumatic Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheumatism
- Rheumatic Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q684924