| ARF | acute renal failure; acute respiratory failure; acute rheumatic fever; Addiction Research Foundation... |
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| CRD | carbohydrate-recognition domain; chronic renal disease; chronic respiratory disease; child restraint... |
| DMARD | disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug |
| IRRD | Institute for Research in Rheumatic Diseases |
| RF | radial fiber; radio frequency; receptive field; regurgitant fraction; Reitland-Franklin [unit]; rela... |
| rheumatic arteritis | Arteritis due to rheumatic fever; Aschoff bodies are frequently found in the adventitia of small arteries, especially in the myocardium, and may lead to fibrosis and constriction of the lumens. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| rheumatic chorea | A postinfectious chorea appearing several months after a streptococcal infection with subsequent rheumatic fever. The chorea typically involves the distal limbs and is associated with hypotonia and emotional lability. Improvement occurs over weeks or months and exacerbations occur without associated infection recurrence. Synonym: acute chorea, chorea minor, chorea, juvenile chorea, rheumatic chorea, Sydenham's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rheumatic disease | See: rheumatism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rheumatic diseases | Disorders of connective tissue, especially the joints and related structures, characterised by inflammation, degeneration, or metabolic derangement. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rheumatic endocarditis | Endocardial involvment as part of rheumatic heart disease, recognised clinically by valvular involvement; in the acute stage, there may be tiny fibrin vegetations along the lines of closure of the valve leaflets, with subsequent fibrous thickening and shortening of the leaflets. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rheumatic fever | <microbiology> Disease involving inflammation of joints and damage to heart valves that follows streptococcal infection and is believed to be autoimmune, i.e. Antibodies to streptococcal components cross react with host tissue antigens. (18 Nov 1997) |
| rheumatic heart disease | The most important manifestation of and sequel to rheumatic fever, i.e., any cardiac involvement in rheumatic fever. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rheumatic nodule | A small round or oval, mostly subcutaneous nodule made up chiefly of a mass of aschoff bodies and seen in cases of rheumatic fever. It is differentiated from the rheumatoid nodule which appears in rheumatoid arthritis, most frequently over bony prominences. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rheumatic pericarditis | Fibrinous pericarditis occurring in acute rheumatic fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rheumatic pneumonia | Pneumonia rarely occurring in severe acute rheumatic fever, even when the disease was common; consolidation occurs, the lungs being of a rubbery consistency, with fibrin exudate and small haemorrhages, as well as oedema from left ventrical failure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rheumatic tetany | An acute epidemic form of tetany, of several weeks' duration, occurring chiefly in winter. Synonym: epidemic tetany. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rheumatic torticollis | Stiff neck due to cervical or neck myositis, chiefly of the sternocleidomastoid, occurring especially in children. Synonym: rheumatic torticollis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rheumatic valvulitis | Valvulitis characterised in the acute stage by small fibrin vegetations along the lines of closure and by Aschoff bodies in the cusps; in the chronic stage, it is characterised by scarring, commissural adhesion, and stenosis and/or regurgitation. (05 Mar 2000) |