"Rheumatology" 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.
A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of inflammatory or degenerative processes and metabolic derangement of connective tissue structures which pertain to a variety of musculoskeletal disorders, such as arthritis.
| Descriptor ID |
D012219
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.429.730
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Rheumatology" by people in this website by year, and whether "Rheumatology" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2022 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rheumatology" by people in Profiles.
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Barriers to and facilitators of sustaining a systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patient decision aid in regular rheumatology outpatient care in the USA. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2025 Jun 01; 64(6):3580-3586.
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Core domain set for chronic and/or recurrent manifestations of calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease: OMERACT delphi survey to establish consensus. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2025 Jun; 72:152669.
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Core domain set for studies of acute calcium pyrophosphate crystal arthritis: OMERACT delphi survey to establish consensus. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2025 Jun; 72:152670.
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Longitudinal program evaluation of an inter-institutional mentorship network for pediatric rheumatology using a quality improvement framework. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2024 Jul 10; 22(1):64.
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2023 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) Guideline for the Screening and Monitoring of Interstitial Lung Disease in People with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2024 Aug; 76(8):1201-1213.
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2023 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) Guideline for the Screening and Monitoring of Interstitial Lung Disease in People with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2024 08; 76(8):1070-1082.
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2023 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) Guideline for the Treatment of Interstitial Lung Disease in People with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2024 08; 76(8):1051-1069.
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2023 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) Guideline for the Treatment of Interstitial Lung Disease in People with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2024 Aug; 76(8):1182-1200.
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Contraception Care Patterns for Adult Females With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis on Teratogens in the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Registry. J Rheumatol. 2024 May 01; 51(5):542-545.
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Improving Health Equity in Rheumatology Through Workforce Diversification and Support for Health Equity Research and Education. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2024 Jul; 76(7):989-992.