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MeSH Heading: Myositis
Tree Number(s): C05.651.594; C10.668.491.562
Unique ID: D009220
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009220
Annotation: note many specific myositis terms are available
Scope Note: Inflammation of a muscle or muscle tissue.
Entry Term(s): Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies; Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy; Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis; Infectious Myositis; Inflammatory Muscle Diseases; Inflammatory Myopathies, Idiopathic; Inflammatory Myopathy; Inflammatory Myopathy, Idiopathic; Muscle Diseases, Inflammatory; Myopathies, Idiopathic Inflammatory; Myopathy, Inflammatory; Myositis, Focal; Myositis, Infectious; Myositis, Proliferative
NLM Classification #: WE 550
Public MeSH Note: MYOSITIS, EOSINOPHILIC was heading 1970-1980
History Note: MYOSITIS, EOSINOPHILIC was heading 1970-1980
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08

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)

Concept UI: M0014368
Scope Note: Inflammation of a muscle or muscle tissue.
Terms: Myositis Preferred Term
Term UI T027490
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Myopathy, Inflammatory
Term UI T369268
Date11/09/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Muscle Diseases, Inflammatory
Term UI T369267
Date11/09/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Inflammatory Muscle Diseases
Term UI T369266
Date11/09/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Inflammatory Myopathy
Term UI T369265
Date11/09/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID

Myositis MeSH Descriptor Data 2023