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Pleuritis (inflammation of pleura, the lining of the lung)

phenomenon, disease, medical condition, Inflammatory conditions, medical concept, cause
Types
pleural empyema
Wikipedia Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurisy
Symptoms
fever, Dyspnea, Chest pain, Rigor, Dry cough
ICD Code
"511", "J90."
Class
Inflammatory conditions, phenomenon, medical condition, medical concept, cause,  …
Causes
tuberculosis, pneumonia, rheumatoid arthritis, Systemic lupus erythematosus, pulmonary embolism,  …
Cause of
Chest pain, hydrothorax
Duration
10 days
Related Websites
http://naturalcareworld.com/Other-Diseases/Pleurisy-Symptoms-Causes-and-Treatment.html, http://lung.ca/diseases-maladies/a-z/pleurisy-pleuresie/index_e.php
Freebase ID
"/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000001d537e"
Diseases DB id
"29361"
Mesh ID
"D010998"
Sider URI
http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/sider/resource/side_effects/C0032231
TCM GeneDIT URI
http://purl.org/net/tcm/tcm.lifescience.ntu.edu.tw/id/disease/Pleurisy
DBPedia URI
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Pleurisy
Cause
tuberculosis, pneumonia, rheumatoid arthritis, Systemic lupus erythematosus, pulmonary embolism,  …
Rare Terms
"pluresy", "pleuracy", "pleurosis", "pleuritic chest pain", "pleuritic",  …
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