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Rheumatology

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Definition: 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.  SPEC only; SPEC qualif; field covers collagen dis, rheum dis & arthritis; DF: RHEUMATOL   
See Also Collagen Diseases; Rheumatic Diseases

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