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An acquired disease of unknown etiology, chronic course, and tendency to recur. It is characterized by inflammation and degeneration of cartilage and can result in deformities such as floppy ear and saddle nose. Loss of cartilage in the respiratory tract can lead to respiratory obstruction.
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- Polychondritis, Chronic Atrophic
- Polychondritis, Relapsing
- Atrophic Polychondritides, Chronic
- Atrophic Polychondritis, Chronic
- Chronic Atrophic Polychondritides
- Chronic Atrophic Polychondritis
- Polychondritides, Chronic Atrophic
- Polychondritides, Relapsing
- Relapsing Polychondritides
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- National Library of Medicine. Relapsing Polychondritis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011081. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011081
- Relapsing Polychondritis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relapsing_polychondritis
- Relapsing Polychondritis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187656