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POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA [PDF]

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume, 1971
1. Polymyalgia rheumatica is a disease of unknown cause, manifested by severe pain and stiffness of the muscles of the shoulder and pelvic girdles, which may be accompanied by a variety of other systemic symptoms. 2. Twenty-three patients with this condition are reviewed. 3. The difficulties of diagnosis, especially when presenting as an orthopaedic
A G, Mowat, A V, Camp
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Polymyalgia rheumatica in a married couple [PDF]

International Journal of General Medicine, 2012
Christoph Alexander Rüst,1 Beat Knechtle,1,2 Thomas Rosemann,1 Felix Wermelinger31Institute of General Practice and Health Services Research, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 2St Gallen Health Center, St Gallen, Switzerland ...
Rüst CA, Knechtle B, Rosemann T, Wermelinger F   +3 more
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Infective agents and polymyalgia rheumatica: key discussion points emerging from a narrative review of published literature

Rheumatology
Introduction The aetiology of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is unknown. Recently, reports on cases of PMR following the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have revived the role of infection as an aetiological or triggering factor.
Ciro Manzo, Marco Isetta, Alberto Castagna   +2 more
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Provision of Health Information to Australians With Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Patient Recall and Perceived Opportunities for Improvement [PDF]

Musculoskeletal Care, Volume 24, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Most patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) are managed in primary care. Provision of health information to patients on management strategies and potential side effects is important given the complexity of this condition. This study aimed to describe the recall of information of people with PMR in receiving information from ...
Peter G. Osmotherly
wiley   +2 more sources

Polymyalgia rheumatica following respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Introduction: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a chronic inflammatory disorder that causes stiffness and pain in the proximal joints, including the shoulders, hips and neck.
Mohamad El Labban, Stevan Oluic, Hussein Guleid, Mohamed Hassan, Rawan Diab, Mohamad Ali Rida   +5 more
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A case of polymyalgia rheumatica following influenza B infection [PDF]

International Journal of General Medicine, 2015
Kentaro Iwata,1 Yasushi Mizuno2 1Division of Infectious Diseases, Kobe University Hospital, 2Department of General Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan Abstract: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is relatively common among the ...
Iwata K, Mizuno Y
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Clinical observation: polymyalgia rheumatica

RUDN Journal of Medicine, 2016
Polymyalgia rheumatica - a rare disease diagnosis is difficult in the absence of specific laboratory indicators, as well as from the similarity of the clinical picture of such diseases as bilateral humeroscapular nodosa, polymyositis, periarteritis ...
L V Bychkova, N V Kobelevskaya, K O Vorontsova, A I Kondratenko, T U Overchenko   +4 more
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Tuberculosis masquerading as polymyalgia rheumatica

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, 2015
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a connective tissue disorder of unknown aetiology. It is hypothesized that, in a genetically predisposed person, its pathogenesis is triggered by an environmental factor, possibly a hitherto unknown infectious agent.
Kamal Kishore Pandita, Arvind Khajuria, Sushil Razdan   +2 more
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Current Insights and Future Perspectives for the Use of Serological Biomarkers in Polymyalgia Rheumatica [PDF]

Journal of Inflammation Research
Patricia Harkins,1,2 Sharon Cowley,2,3 Richard Conway1,2 1Department of Rheumatology, St. James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; 2School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; 3Department of Rheumatology, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin ...
Harkins P, Cowley S, Conway R
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Polymyalgia rheumatica in the 2018–2020 guidelines. Part II: diagnosis of vasculitis

Bolʹ, Sustavy, Pozvonočnik, 2021
The issue of improved diagnosis of both rheumatic diseases of the elderly and aortic diseases does not lose its relevance. In terms of aortic aneurysms, dissection and ruptures and their attended pathogenesis, both inflammation and structural wall ...
О.H. Puzanova, А.А. Lyzikov
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