 Chronic Disease
"Chronic Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care. (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D002908
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.291.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Chronic Disease- Chronic Disease
- Chronic Diseases
- Disease, Chronic
- Diseases, Chronic
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Illnesses
- Illness, Chronic
- Illnesses, Chronic
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Chronic Disease" by people in this website by year, and whether "Chronic Disease" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 0 | 9 | 9 | | 1996 | 0 | 11 | 11 | | 1997 | 0 | 11 | 11 | | 1998 | 1 | 11 | 12 | | 1999 | 1 | 15 | 16 | | 2000 | 0 | 24 | 24 | | 2001 | 2 | 20 | 22 | | 2002 | 1 | 31 | 32 | | 2003 | 7 | 23 | 30 | | 2004 | 6 | 32 | 38 | | 2005 | 5 | 47 | 52 | | 2006 | 0 | 31 | 31 | | 2007 | 9 | 35 | 44 | | 2008 | 5 | 46 | 51 | | 2009 | 4 | 38 | 42 | | 2010 | 4 | 44 | 48 | | 2011 | 6 | 44 | 50 | | 2012 | 9 | 38 | 47 | | 2013 | 5 | 46 | 51 | | 2014 | 15 | 42 | 57 | | 2015 | 7 | 52 | 59 | | 2016 | 5 | 46 | 51 | | 2017 | 13 | 42 | 55 | | 2018 | 12 | 40 | 52 | | 2019 | 16 | 40 | 56 | | 2020 | 3 | 34 | 37 | | 2021 | 4 | 33 | 37 | | 2022 | 1 | 40 | 41 | | 2023 | 1 | 39 | 40 | | 2024 | 0 | 49 | 49 | | 2025 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chronic Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Nat Commun. 2025 May 07; 16(1):4235.
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Jiang Y, Brinck EA, Ascienzo S, Groves A, Trang K, Farewell CV. Child Maltreatment and Whole-person Health: Investigation of Psychosocial Buffers Using Structural Equation Modeling. Biopsychosoc Sci Med. 2025 Jun 01; 87(5):338-348.
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Gidwani R, Yank V, Asch SM, Burgette L, Kofner A, Peltz A, Wagner Z. High-Deductible Health Plans and Receipt of Guideline-Concordant Care for Adults With Chronic Illness. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Apr 01; 8(4):e258045.
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Kuznetsova V, Krishnan V, Costa A, Ren X, Ricketts TD, Patel SB, Connelly AN, Goel P, Knapp JP, Franceski AM, Luca F, Lobo de Figueiredo-Pontes L, Bhatia R, Prabhakar S, Ong ST, Welner RS. Chronic inflammation deters natural killer cell fitness and cytotoxicity in myeloid leukemia. Blood Adv. 2025 Feb 25; 9(4):759-773.
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Dally M, Ogden P, Howard S, Hubbell Z, Golden A, Van Dyke M, Cragle D, Benade W, Stalker J, Newman LS. Longitudinal Surveillance for Chronic Health Conditions in Former United States Department of Energy Site Workers. J Occup Environ Med. 2025 May 01; 67(5):e328-e335.
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Khandelwal P, Fish JD, Gorfinkel L, Guilcher GMT, Howell J, Nishitani M, Nuechterlein B, Obeng E, Shah AJ, Cuvelier GDE, Rotz S, Williams KM, Duncan CN. Pediatric Transplant and Cellular Therapy Consortium RESILIENT Conference on Pediatric Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease Survivorship after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Part III. Long-Term Impact of Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease on Endocrinologic, Cardiovascular, and Metabolic Outcomes in Survivors of Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Transplant Cell Ther. 2025 May; 31(5):297.e1-297.e15.
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Gaballa JM, Valdez C, Mack DG, Minhajuddin F, Raza M, Mohammad TA, Martin AK, Getahun A, Dinarello CA, Fontenot AP, Atif SM. Interleukin-1 signaling and CD4+ T cells control B cell recruitment to the lungs in chronic beryllium disease. Front Immunol. 2025; 16:1479348.
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Reade LM, Sheeder JL, Richards MJ. The Role of Pediatric Subspecialists in Adolescent Contraceptive Care: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Barriers. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2025 Jun; 38(3):377-383.
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Zhou Y, Kobau R, Pastula DM, Greenlund KJ. Comorbidity Among Adults With Epilepsy - United States, 2021-2022. Prev Chronic Dis. 2024 Dec 19; 21:E100.
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Hussaini SMQ, Pisu M, Rocque GB, Nicholas LH. High-Risk Credit Borrowing Patterns: A Comparison of Cancer With Major Chronic Diseases. JCO Oncol Pract. 2025 Jun; 21(6):883-891.
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