| CAE | caprine arthritis-encephalitis; cellulose acetate electrophoresis; contingent after-effects; coronar... |
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| CAEV | caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus |
| CHRONIC | chronic disease, rheumatoid arthritis, neoplasms, infections, cryoglobulinemia [conditions in which ... |
| CRA | central retinal artery; Chinese restaurant asthma; chronic rheumatoid arthritis; constant relative a... |
| CVA | cardiovascular accident; cerebrovascular accident; chronic villous arthritis; common variable agamma... |
| YA | Yersinia arthritis |
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| RA | rheumatic arthritis |
| RANA | rheumatoid arthritis nuclear antigen |
| SARA | sexually acquired reactive arthritis |
| juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, systemic-onset | Also known as systemic-onset juvenile chronic arthritis. Still's disease presents with systemic (bodywide) illness including high intermittent fever, a salmon-coloured skin rash, swollen lymph glands, enlargement of the liver and spleen, and inflammation of the lungs (pleuritis) and around the heart (pericarditis). The arthritis may not be immediately apparent but it does always surface and it may persists long after the systemic symptoms are gone. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| filarial arthritis | Arthritis occurring in filariasis, probably due to extravasation of lipid-rich lymph resembling chyle into the joint space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fungal arthritis | <pathology, rheumatology> Infection of a joint space by fungus. Common fungi that can cause mycotic arthritis include coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, cryptococcosis, sporotrichosis and candidiasis. Infection of a joint generally occurs as a result of a primary fungal infection in the lungs. Treatment is with antifungal agents (for example amphotericin B, ketoconazole). (27 Sep 1997) |
| lyme arthritis | <radiology> Migratory polyarthritis, common in New England (named for Lyme, Conn.), spirochete (Borrelia) transmitted by tick (Ixodes dammini), joint effusion, especially knee (may be only finding), skin lesions: erythema chronicum migrans (12 Dec 1998) |