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Rheumatology

Rheumatology is a subspecialty of internal medicine. Rheumatologists specialize in caring for patients with any of more than 130 diseases associated with arthritis (painful swollen joints). These diseases include connective tissue diseases. Examples of common forms of arthritis and connective tissue diseases include degenerative joint disease(osteoarthritis); rheumatoid arthritis; gout; pseudogout; lupus;ankylosing spondylitis; Reiter's Syndrome; psoriatic arthritis;arthritis associated with inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis; scleroderma; vasculitis;and many others.

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