Rheumatic Fever [revmatická horečka]
- Terms
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akutní revmatická horečka
febris rheumatica
revmatická artritida
revmatická polyartritida
zánětlivý revmatismus
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Acute Rheumatic Fever
Arthritis, Acute Rheumatic
Arthritis, Rheumatic, Acute
Inflammatory Rheumatism
Polyarthritis Rheumatica
Rheumatic Arthritis
Rheumatism, Acute Articular
Rheumatism, Articular, Acute
A febrile disease occurring as a delayed sequela of infections with STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES. It is characterized by multiple focal inflammatory lesions of the connective tissue structures, such as the heart, blood vessels, and joints (POLYARTHRITIS) and brain, and by the presence of ASCHOFF BODIES in the myocardium and skin.
- Annotation
- rheumatic fever with heart disease, unspecified or specific = RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE + the specific heart disease, but not HEART DISEASES
- DUI
- D012213 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0019009
Allowable subheadings
- BL
- blood 8
- CF
- cerebrospinal fluid
- CI
- chemically induced
- CL
- classification 1
- CO
- complications 30
- CN
- congenital
- DI
- diagnosis 39
- DG
- diagnostic imaging 1
- DH
- diet therapy
- DT
- drug therapy 33
- EC
- economics
- EM
- embryology
- EN
- enzymology 2
- EP
- epidemiology 19
- EH
- ethnology
- ET
- etiology 24
- GE
- genetics
- HI
- history 1
- IM
- immunology 12
- ME
- metabolism 1
- MI
- microbiology 1
- MO
- mortality 2
- NU
- nursing 1
- PS
- parasitology
- PA
- pathology 10
- PP
- physiopathology 5
- PC
- prevention & control 51
- PX
- psychology
- RT
- radiotherapy
- RH
- rehabilitation 1
- SU
- surgery 1
- TH
- therapy 30
- TM
- transmission
- UR
- urine
- VE
- veterinary
- VI
- virology