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Preferred Name

Rheumatic Fever
Definitions
An inflammatory disorder that follows infection with group A streptococcus. It affects the heart, joints, and subcutaneous tissues. It manifests with pericarditis, heart murmur, congestive heart failure, polyarthritis, subcutaneous nodules, and erythema marginatum. It is characterized by the formation of granulomatous lesions called Aschoff bodies usually in the heart tissue.
Synonyms
Acute Rheumatic Fever
Rheumatic Fever
ARF
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

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label
Rheumatic Fever
Legacy Concept Name
Rheumatic_Fever
Preferred_Name
Rheumatic Fever
Semantic_Type
Disease or Syndrome
prefixIRI
Thesaurus:C34984
DEFINITION
An inflammatory disorder that follows infection with group A streptococcus. It affects the heart, joints, and subcutaneous tissues. It manifests with pericarditis, heart murmur, congestive heart failure, polyarthritis, subcutaneous nodules, and erythema marginatum. It is characterized by the formation of granulomatous lesions called Aschoff bodies usually in the heart tissue.
UMLS_CUI
C0035436
code
C34984
subClassOf
type
FULL_SYN
Acute Rheumatic Fever
Rheumatic Fever
ARF
ALT_DEFINITION
An inflammatory disorder that follows infection with group A streptococcus. It affects the heart, joints, and subcutaneous tissues. It is manifested with pericarditis, heart murmur, congestive heart failure, polyarthritis, subcutaneous nodules, and erythema marginatum.
An inflammatory disorder that follows infection with group A streptococcus. It may manifest with carditis, migratory polyarthritis, subcutaneous nodules, erythema marginatum, and chorea.
Contributing_Source
ACC/AHA
NICHD
Concept_In_Subset
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