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Descriptor English: Caplan Syndrome
Descriptor Spanish: Síndrome de Caplan
Descriptor síndrome de Caplan
Scope note: Afección caracterizada por la presencia de ARTRITIS REUMATOIDE asociad con una forma específica de neumoconiosis, frecuente en los mineros del carbón y en los trabajadores del asbesto.
Descriptor Portuguese: Síndrome de Caplan
Descriptor French: Syndrome de Caplan-Colinet
Entry term(s): Caplan Syndromes
Caplan's Syndrome
Caplans Syndrome
Tree number(s): C05.550.114.154.219
C05.799.114.219
C08.381.483.581.300
C08.381.520.702.300
C17.300.775.099.219
C24.800.340
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002205
Scope note: A condition characterized by the presence of RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS associated with a specific form of pneumoconiosis, often in coal miners and asbestos workers.
Annotation: do not coordinate with OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2009; see CAPLAN'S SYNDROME 1991-2008, see PNEUMOCONIOSIS 1984-1990, see CAPLAN'S SYNDROME 1963-1983
History Note: 2009 (1984); 1963-1983
DeCS ID: 2238
Unique ID: D002205
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Caplan Syndrome - Preferred
Concept UI M0003301
Scope note A condition characterized by the presence of RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS associated with a specific form of pneumoconiosis, often in coal miners and asbestos workers.
Preferred term Caplan Syndrome
Entry term(s) Caplan Syndromes
Caplan's Syndrome
Caplans Syndrome



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