| 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 |
| 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) |
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| 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) |