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Pericarditis

"Pericarditis" 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.

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Inflammation of the PERICARDIUM from various origins, such as infection, neoplasm, autoimmune process, injuries, or drug-induced. Pericarditis usually leads to PERICARDIAL EFFUSION, or CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pericarditis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Pericarditis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 11 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2021
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