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Musculoskeletal Diseases > Joint Diseases > Arthritis

Preferred term

Arthritis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Oligoarthritides
  • Oligoarthritis
  • Polyarthritides
  • Polyarthritis

Note

  • tends to be chronic so do not coordinate with CHRONIC DISEASE; do not confuse with ARTHRALGIA; note entry term POLYARTHRITIS but polyarthrite chronique évolutive (PCE) = ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; note several specific types of arthritis are available

Scope note

  • Acute or chronic inflammation of JOINTS.

History note

  • 1977(1966)

In other languages

  • niveltulehdus

    Finnish

  • arthritis
  • arthritis non specificata
  • arthropathia NAS
  • artriitit
  • artriitti
  • määrittämätön niveltulehdus
  • nivelen tulehdus
  • niveltulehdukset
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön nivelsairaus
  • Ledinflammation

    Swedish

  • Artrit
  • Polyartrit

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001168

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