 Rheumatoid Nodule
"Rheumatoid Nodule" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Subcutaneous nodules seen in 20-30% of rheumatoid arthritis patients. They may arise anywhere on the body, but are most frequently found over the bony prominences. The nodules are characterized histologically by dense areas of fibrinoid necrosis with basophilic streaks and granules, surrounded by a palisade of cells, mainly fibroblasts and histiocytes.
| Descriptor ID |
D012218
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.550.114.154.683 C05.799.114.683 C17.300.775.099.683
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| Concept/Terms |
Rheumatoid Nodule- Rheumatoid Nodule
- Nodule, Rheumatoid
- Nodules, Rheumatoid
- Rheumatoid Nodules
- Rheumatoid Nodulosis
- Rheumatoid Noduloses
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rheumatoid Nodule" by people in Profiles.
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Burgos PI, Causey ZL, Tamhane A, Kelley JM, Brown EE, Hughes LB, Danila MI, van Everdingen A, Conn DL, Jonas BL, Callahan LF, Smith EA, Brasington RD, Moreland LW, van der Heijde DM, Alarc?n GS, Bridges SL. Association of IL4R single-nucleotide polymorphisms with rheumatoid nodules in African Americans with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2010; 12(3):R75.
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Mikuls TR, Hughes LB, Westfall AO, Holers VM, Parrish L, van der Heijde D, van Everdingen M, Alarc?n GS, Conn DL, Jonas B, Callahan LF, Smith EA, Gilkeson G, Howard G, Moreland LW, Bridges SL. Cigarette smoking, disease severity and autoantibody expression in African Americans with recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2008 Nov; 67(11):1529-34.
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Caspi D, Elkayam O, Eisinger M, Vardinon N, Yaron M, Burke M. Clinical significance of low titer anti-nuclear antibodies in early rheumatoid arthritis: implications on the presentation and long-term course of the disease. Rheumatol Int. 2001 Feb; 20(2):43-7.
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Elkayam O, Yaron M, Brazowski E, Caspi D. Rheumatoid nodules in a patient with primary antiphospholipid (Hughes) syndrome. Lupus. 1998; 7(7):488-91.
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Segal R, Caspi D, Tishler M, Fishel B, Yaron M. Accelerated nodulosis and vasculitis during methotrexate therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1988 Sep; 31(9):1182-5.
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