Rheumatology

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.

Year introduced: 1980

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Tree Number(s): H02.403.429.730

MeSH Unique ID: D012219

Previous Indexing:

• Rheumatism (1966-1979)

See Also:

• Collagen Diseases
• Rheumatic Diseases

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Health Occupations
Medicine
Internal Medicine
Rheumatology