Rheumatic Diseases

"Rheumatic Diseases" 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.

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Disorders of connective tissue, especially the joints and related structures, characterized by inflammation, degeneration, or metabolic derangement.

Descriptor ID	D012216
MeSH Number(s)	C05.799 C17.300.775
Concept/Terms	Rheumatic Diseases Rheumatic Diseases Disease, Rheumatic Diseases, Rheumatic Rheumatic Disease Rheumatism

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Rheumatic Diseases".

Diseases [C]
Musculoskeletal Diseases [C05]
Rheumatic Diseases [C05.799]
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases [C17]
Connective Tissue Diseases [C17.300]
Rheumatic Diseases [C17.300.775]

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Bar chart showing 39 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	1	0	1
2002	1	0	1
2007	0	1	1
2008	2	0	2
2009	2	0	2
2010	2	1	3
2011	1	0	1
2012	2	0	2
2013	1	0	1
2015	1	0	1
2016	2	0	2
2017	3	1	4
2018	3	0	3
2019	5	0	5
2021	2	0	2
2023	4	0	4
2025	3	0	3
2026	1	0	1

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Koumpouras F, Caricchio R. Cellular therapies for rheumatic disease. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2026 May 01; 38(3):155-162.

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Lenert A, Thomason J, Smith MH, Abodeely H, Hong SD, Kremer CE, Lenert PS, Sato TS, Hansmann S, Oliver M, Zhao YD, Templin J, Vaughan-Sarrazin M, Domsic R, Solomon DH, Ferguson PJ. Quality of Life in Adult Patients With SAPHO Syndrome and Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis, and Comparison to Chronic Rheumatic and Inflammatory Diseases. J Rheumatol. 2025 Oct 01; 52(10):1034-1042.

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Kwon S, Han KD, Jung JH, Cho EB, Park J, Eun Y, Kim H, Chung YH, Shin DW, Min JH. Risk of Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases in Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder: A Nationwide Cohort Study in South Korea. Mayo Clin Proc. 2025 May; 100(5):801-813.

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Winthrop KL, Bathon J, Kerschbaumer A, Isaacs JD, Mease P, Gottenberg JE, Crow MK, Kay J, Crofford L, Baraliakos X, Bykerk V, Siebert S, Kloppenburg M, Aletaha D, McInnes IB, Huizinga T, Voll R, Gravallese EM, Breedveld FC, van Vollenhoven R, Smolen JS. Chasing the target: reports from the Advances in Targeted Therapies meeting, 2024. Ann Rheum Dis. 2025 Jun; 84(6):927-936.

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Bridgewater S, Shepherd MA, Dawson J, Richards P, Silverthorne C, Ndosi M, Almeida C, Black RJ, Cheah JTL, Dures E, Ghosh N, Hoon EA, Lyne S, Navarro-Millan I, Pearce-Fisher D, Ruediger C, Tieu J, Yip K, Mackie SL, Goodman S, Hill C, Robson JC. Measuring the impact of steroid therapy on health-related quality of life in patients with rheumatic diseases: international development of a glucocorticoid treatment-specific patient-reported outcome measure. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 11 02; 62(11):3565-3575.

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Reginato AM, Petri MA, Kay J. Walter Bauer, Marian Wilkins Ropes, and the Massachusetts General Hospital. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2024 02; 50(1):79-92.

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Wasserman I, Chari DA, Gray ST, Naunheim MR, Miloslavsky EM. Ear, Nose, and Throat Manifestations of Vasculitis and Other Systemic Autoimmune Diseases: Otologic, Sinus, and Airway. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2023 08; 49(3):633-645.

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Bass AR, Chakravarty E, Akl EA, Bingham CO, Calabrese L, Cappelli LC, Johnson SR, Imundo LF, Winthrop KL, Arasaratnam RJ, Baden LR, Berard R, Bridges SL, Cheah JTL, Curtis JR, Ferguson PJ, Hakkarinen I, Onel KB, Schultz G, Sivaraman V, Smith BJ, Sparks JA, Vogel TP, Williams EA, Calabrese C, Cunha JS, Fontanarosa J, Gillispie-Taylor MC, Gkrouzman E, Iyer P, Lakin KS, Legge A, Lo MS, Lockwood MM, Sadun RE, Singh N, Sullivan N, Tam H, Turgunbaev M, Turner AS, Reston J. 2022 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for Vaccinations in Patients With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2023 03; 75(3):449-464.

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Battisha A, Sawalha K, Altibi AM, Madoukh B, Al-Akchar M, Patel B. Cardiogenic shock in autoimmune rheumatologic diseases: an insight on etiologies, management, and treatment outcomes. Heart Fail Rev. 2022 01; 27(1):93-101.

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Al-Akchar M, Sawalha K, Al-Khadra Y, Kittleson M, Missula V, Sundararajan T, Koester C, Salih M, Bhattarai M, Ibrahim A, Chami Y, DeMartini T, Hafiz AM. Outcomes of Cardiogenic Shock With Autoimmune Rheumatological Disorders. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2022 05; 38:70-74.

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