"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 1996 | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 1997 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 1998 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 1999 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 2000 | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 2001 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2002 | 1 | 21 | 22 |
| 2003 | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| 2004 | 2 | 29 | 31 |
| 2005 | 2 | 25 | 27 |
| 2006 | 1 | 27 | 28 |
| 2007 | 2 | 31 | 33 |
| 2008 | 1 | 31 | 32 |
| 2009 | 3 | 40 | 43 |
| 2010 | 2 | 46 | 48 |
| 2011 | 2 | 45 | 47 |
| 2012 | 2 | 25 | 27 |
| 2013 | 4 | 35 | 39 |
| 2014 | 5 | 38 | 43 |
| 2015 | 8 | 26 | 34 |
| 2016 | 10 | 26 | 36 |
| 2017 | 5 | 24 | 29 |
| 2018 | 3 | 27 | 30 |
| 2019 | 8 | 31 | 39 |
| 2020 | 2 | 40 | 42 |
| 2021 | 3 | 31 | 34 |
| 2022 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2023 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 2024 | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| 2025 | 1 | 26 | 27 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chronic Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Disparities in Health Care in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2025 Aug 01; 59(7):607-620.
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1-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter Arterialization of Deep Veins: PROMISE II and Pooled PROMISE Studies. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Jul 14; 18(13):1675-1685.
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Airway epithelial cell chimerism and chronic lung allograft dysfunction associated with ischemia-reperfusion-injury in lung transplantation. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2025 Oct 01; 30(5):365-371.
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Military Inhalational Exposures Outside the Theater of Conflict and Chronic Respiratory Symptoms. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 07 01; 8(7):e2522080.
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Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Isolated from Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media. J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2025 Jul; 35(7):866-870.
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Systematic review of culturally targeted behavioral and psychosocial interventions among children from racially and ethnically minoritized backgrounds with chronic health conditions in the United States. J Pediatr Psychol. 2025 Jul 01; 50(7):552-560.
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Deficiency of T follicular helper cell Tet3 DNA demethylation inhibits pathogenic IgG2c class switching and chronic GVHD. Blood. 2025 Jun 12; 145(24):2813-2827.
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Pitfalls in sizing and planning for fenestrated and branched stent-grafts in patients with chronic post-dissection thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2025 Jun; 66(3):167-177.
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Endovascular repairs of complex chronic post-dissection thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm using modular patient-specific fenestrated-branched stent-graft components. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2025 Aug; 66(4):347-352.
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The effect of CTLA4-Ig on fibrotic progression in a murine model of chronic lung allograft dysfunction. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025 Sep; 44(9):1504-1509.