Biomaterial Database

D M Chisholm

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003813	Dentistry	The profession concerned with the teeth, oral cavity, and associated structures, and the diagnosis and treatment of their diseases including prevention and the restoration of defective and missing tissue.
D001172	Arthritis, Rheumatoid	A chronic systemic disease, primarily of the joints, marked by inflammatory changes in the synovial membranes and articular structures, widespread fibrinoid degeneration of the collagen fibers in mesenchymal tissues, and by atrophy and rarefaction of bony structures. Etiology is unknown, but autoimmune mechanisms have been implicated.	Rheumatoid Arthritis
D012466	Salivary Gland Diseases	Diseases involving the SALIVARY GLANDS.	Disease, Salivary Gland,Diseases, Salivary Gland,Gland Disease, Salivary,Gland Diseases, Salivary,Salivary Gland Disease
D012859	Sjogren's Syndrome	Chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disease in which the salivary and lacrimal glands undergo progressive destruction by lymphocytes and plasma cells resulting in decreased production of saliva and tears. The primary form, often called sicca syndrome, involves both KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA and XEROSTOMIA. The secondary form includes, in addition, the presence of a connective tissue disease, usually rheumatoid arthritis.	Sicca Syndrome,Sjogren Syndrome,Sjogrens Syndrome,Syndrome, Sicca,Syndrome, Sjogren's