"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 |
2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rheumatology" by people in Profiles.
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South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 guidelines for the management of peripheral spondyloarthritis. S Afr Med J. 2024 10 03; 114(10):e2669.
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South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 guidelines for the management of axial spondyloarthritis. S Afr Med J. 2024 10 03; 114(10):e2668.
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South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 guidelines for the use of biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. S Afr Med J. 2024 09 02; 114(9):e2599.
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Introduction to the South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 guidelines. S Afr Med J. 2024 09 02; 114(9):e1429.
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Nailfold capillaroscopy. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2023 03; 37(1):101849.
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Managing ANCA-associated vasculitis during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from an online survey. Rheumatol Int. 2021 Nov; 41(11):1941-1947.
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Editorial-Rheumatology in Africa. Clin Rheumatol. 2021 09; 40(9):3391.
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The impact of COVID-19 on rheumatology practice across Africa. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 01 05; 60(1):392-398.
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African League Against Rheumatism (AFLAR) preliminary recommendations on the management of rheumatic diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clin Rheumatol. 2021 Sep; 40(9):3445-3454.
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Epidemiology: The challenge of practicing rheumatology in Africa. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2016 11; 12(11):630-631.