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MeSH Heading: Rotator Cuff Tear Arthropathy
Tree Number(s): C05.550.114.264.500; C05.550.354.250
Unique ID: D000070656
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000070656
Scope Note: Rapidly destructive shoulder joint and bone disease found mainly in elderly, and predominantly in women. It is characterized by SHOULDER PAIN; JOINT INSTABILITY; and the presence of crystalline CALCIUM PHOSPHATES in the SYNOVIAL FLUID. It is associated with ROTATOR CUFF INJURIES.
Entry Term(s): Cuff Tear Arthropathy; Milwaukee Shoulder; Milwaukee Shoulder Syndrome
Previous Indexing: Rotator Cuff/injuries (1963-2016); Rotator Cuff/physiopathology (1963-2016)
See Also: Rotator Cuff Injuries
Public MeSH Note: 2017
History Note: 2017
Date Established: 2017/01/01
Date of Entry: 2016/07/08
Revision Date: 2016/02/26

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M000611557
Scope Note: Rapidly destructive shoulder joint and bone disease found mainly in elderly, and predominantly in women. It is characterized by SHOULDER PAIN; JOINT INSTABILITY; and the presence of crystalline CALCIUM PHOSPHATES in the SYNOVIAL FLUID. It is associated with ROTATOR CUFF INJURIES.
Terms: Rotator Cuff Tear Arthropathy Preferred Term
Term UI T000890249
Date11/10/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Cuff Tear Arthropathy
Term UI T000890250
Date11/10/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Milwaukee Shoulder
Term UI T000890251
Date11/10/2015
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Milwaukee Shoulder Syndrome
Term UI T000890252
Date11/10/2015
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2017)

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