title: Introduction to rheumatic disease.
abstract: Rheumatic diseases are very common. They comprise one of the commonest causes of consultation by patients with general practitioners and hospital specialists. There are considerable financial implications for the community, as well as morbidity for the patient. Inflammatory and non-inflammatory categories are the major subdivisions of this group of over 200 diseases. They involve the joints, the bones, the muscles and connective tissue throughout the body.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Medicine, General Infirmary, Leeds.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology