"Rheumatology" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of inflammatory or degenerative processes and metabolic derangement of connective tissue structures which pertain to a variety of musculoskeletal disorders, such as arthritis.
| Descriptor ID |
D012219
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.429.730
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rheumatology" by people in Profiles.
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Familial autoimmunity in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance registry. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2016 Mar 10; 14(1):14.
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Physician ability to assess rheumatoid arthritis disease activity using an electronic medical record-based disease activity calculator. Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Apr 15; 61(4):495-500.
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A rheumatology-specific informatics-based application with a disease activity calculator. Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Apr 15; 61(4):488-94.
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Cost-effectiveness of abatacept in patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis and inadequate response to tumor necrosis factor-alpha antagonists. J Rheumatol. 2008 Sep; 35(9):1745-53.
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Assessment of American College of Rheumatology quality criteria for rheumatoid arthritis in a pre-quality criteria patient cohort. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Jun 15; 57(5):707-15.
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Validation of patient-reported joint counts in rheumatoid arthritis and the role of training. J Rheumatol. 2007 Jun; 34(6):1261-5.
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Application of explicit process of care measurement to rheumatoid arthritis: Moving from evidence to practice. Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Dec 15; 55(6):884-91.
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Subspecialty training: is it financially worthwhile? Ann Intern Med. 1991 Nov 01; 115(9):715-9.
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Referral of musculoskeletal disease patients by family and general practitioners. Arthritis Rheum. 1985 Oct; 28(10):1156-62.