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BMJ, 2013
Polymyalgia rheumatica is a chronic, inflammatory disorder of unknown cause that affects people over age 50 years. Classic symptoms include pain and long-term morning stiffness of the neck, shoulders, hips, upper arms, and thighs. Although markers of inflammation are often raised, no specific laboratory test exists for the disorder and the diagnosis is
Sarah L, Mackie, Christian D, Mallen
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Polymyalgia rheumatica is a chronic, inflammatory disorder of unknown cause that affects people over age 50 years. Classic symptoms include pain and long-term morning stiffness of the neck, shoulders, hips, upper arms, and thighs. Although markers of inflammation are often raised, no specific laboratory test exists for the disorder and the diagnosis is
Sarah L, Mackie, Christian D, Mallen
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Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant-cell arteritis
Lancet, The, 2008 Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant-cell arteritis are closely related disorders that affect people of middle age and older. They frequently occur together.
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Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America, 1990
Polymyalgia rheumatica is a syndrome that occurs in the elderly and is characterized by pain and stiffness involving the neck, the shoulder girdle, and the hip girdle. The aching should be present for greater than one month. Polymyalgia rheumatica may be more common than reported. The etiology remains unknown.
M D, Cohen, W W, Ginsburg
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Polymyalgia rheumatica is a syndrome that occurs in the elderly and is characterized by pain and stiffness involving the neck, the shoulder girdle, and the hip girdle. The aching should be present for greater than one month. Polymyalgia rheumatica may be more common than reported. The etiology remains unknown.
M D, Cohen, W W, Ginsburg
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Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, 2004
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is an inflammatory condition of unknown etiology characterized by aching and stiffness in the shoulder and in the pelvic girdles and neck. In the past, PMR was considered a manifestation of giant cell arteritis (GCA) or a variant of elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis (EORA).
SALVARANI, CARLO +3 more
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Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is an inflammatory condition of unknown etiology characterized by aching and stiffness in the shoulder and in the pelvic girdles and neck. In the past, PMR was considered a manifestation of giant cell arteritis (GCA) or a variant of elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis (EORA).
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1976
ABSTRACT: Polymyalgia rheumatica should be considered when a syndrome of constitutional symptoms, especially weight loss, low‐grade fever, weakness, wasting proximal muscles, fatigue, malaise and depression, is seen in the elderly. Giant‐cell arteritis plays a part later in the course.
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ABSTRACT: Polymyalgia rheumatica should be considered when a syndrome of constitutional symptoms, especially weight loss, low‐grade fever, weakness, wasting proximal muscles, fatigue, malaise and depression, is seen in the elderly. Giant‐cell arteritis plays a part later in the course.
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Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Blindness
New England Journal of Medicine, 1967THE condition that is called by the English polymyalgia rheumatica and by the French pseudopolyarthrite rhizomelique and has had many synonyms1 is characterized by pain and stiffness in the muscles of the shoulder girdle, neck, back and, to a lesser degree, pelvic girdle in older patients.
W J, Fessel, C M, Pearson
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Polymyalgia rheumatica in 2011
Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, 2012Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) is an inflammatory rheumatic disease that commonly affects individuals over 50 years of age, characterised by pain and morning stiffness of the shoulder and pelvic girdle. PMR can present as 'isolated' form or may be associated with giant cell arteritis.
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Familial Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Scottish Medical Journal, 1981We report the cases of two sisters of a Scottish family who developed polymyalgia rheumatica at the age of 14 and 72 years respectively. Previous reports of familial polymyalgia rheumatica and giant-cell arteritis have been infrequent, and the patients were of other racial groups. The relevance of these observations with regard to the genetic factor in
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Management of polymyalgia rheumatica
BMJ, 2010New guidelines are a step forward, but many unanswered questions remain Evidence is lacking on the management of polymyalgia rheumatica.1 The recent guidelines published by the British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) and the British Health Professionals in Rheumatology (BHPR) are a brave attempt to give some structure to the diagnosis and treatment of ...
Ntatsaki, Eleana, Watts, Richard A.
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