Category:Rheumatology

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Derived from the Greek word rheo meaning flow. Used as long as ago as Galen on the thinking that blocked of normal body 'flow' resulted in rheumatic disorders.[1][2]

Study of joint and, by extension, connective tissue and other systemic diseases that frequently involve joints.

Contents

Historical

Clinical

Symptoms in Rheumatology

Signs and examination

Inflammatory disease

Crystal deposition

Infectious disease

Metabolic bone disease

References

  1. ↑ Lagier R. What is meant by 'rheumatoid'? Annals of the rheumatic diseases. 1996 Jun; 55(6):403.
  2. ↑ Lagier R. Nosology versus pathology, two approaches to rheumatic diseases illustrated by Alfred Baring Garrod and Jean-Martin Charcot. Rheumatology (Oxford, England). Apr; 40(4):467-71.

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