loading...| Preferred Name | rheumatic fever | |
| Synonyms |
inflammatory rheumatism RHF - rheumatic fever acute rheumatic fever ARF |
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| Definitions |
A post-bacterial multisystem inflammatory disease occurring as a post-infectious, nonsuppurative sequela of untreated streptococcus pyogenes (Group A streptococcus [GAS]) pharyngitis, and mainly occurs in individuals aged 5 to 15 years. The most common presenting signs are fever, migratory polyarthritis and carditis. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0017767 |
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| altLabel |
inflammatory rheumatism RHF - rheumatic fever acute rheumatic fever ARF |
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| definition |
A post-bacterial multisystem inflammatory disease occurring as a post-infectious, nonsuppurative sequela of untreated streptococcus pyogenes (Group A streptococcus [GAS]) pharyngitis, and mainly occurs in individuals aged 5 to 15 years. The most common presenting signs are fever, migratory polyarthritis and carditis. |
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| has_exact_synonym |
RHF - rheumatic fever acute rheumatic fever ARF |
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| has_related_synonym |
inflammatory rheumatism |
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| label |
rheumatic fever |
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| prefixIRI |
MONDO:0017767 |
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| prefLabel |
rheumatic fever |
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| seeAlso |
https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/5699/rheumatic-fever |
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| textual definition |
A post-bacterial multisystem inflammatory disease occurring as a post-infectious, nonsuppurative sequela of untreated streptococcus pyogenes (Group A streptococcus [GAS]) pharyngitis, and mainly occurs in individuals aged 5 to 15 years. The most common presenting signs are fever, migratory polyarthritis and carditis. |
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