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MeSH Heading: Cartilage Diseases
Tree Number(s): C05.182; C17.300.182
Unique ID: D002357
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002357
Annotation: general; inflammatory disease (chondritis) is likely to be OSTEOCHONDRITIS
Scope Note: Pathological processes involving the chondral tissue (CARTILAGE).
Entry Version: CARTILAGE DIS
Entry Term(s): Chondromalacia
Previous Indexing: Cartilage (1966-1967); Cartilage, Articular (1966-1967); Osteochondritis (1966-1967)
See Also: Ellis-Van Creveld Syndrome; Epiphyses, Slipped; Osteochondritis
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

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)

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