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MeSH Heading: Crystal Arthropathies
Tree Number(s): C05.550.354
Unique ID: D000070657
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000070657
Scope Note: Joint disorders that are characterized by accumulation of microcrystals in and around the joint including in the SYNOVIAL FLUID. They are classified according to the chemical nature of the crystals such as CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; basic CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; and monosodium urate (see URIC ACID).
Entry Term(s): Crystal Arthritis; Crystalline Arthritis; Crystalline Arthropathies
Previous Indexing: Chondrocalcinosis (1963-2016); Gout (1990-2016)
Public MeSH Note: 2017
History Note: 2017
Date Established: 2017/01/01
Date of Entry: 2016/07/05
Revision Date: 2016/02/26

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M000611569
Scope Note: Joint disorders that are characterized by accumulation of microcrystals in and around the joint including in the SYNOVIAL FLUID. They are classified according to the chemical nature of the crystals such as CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; basic CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; and monosodium urate (see URIC ACID).
Terms: Crystal Arthropathies Preferred Term
Term UI T000890270
Date11/10/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Crystalline Arthropathies
Term UI T000890272
Date11/10/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Crystal Arthritis
Term UI T000890273
Date11/10/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Crystalline Arthritis
Term UI T000891884
Date12/10/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017)

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