Results 51 to 60 of about 16,231 (238)

Treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica [PDF]

Biochemical Pharmacology, 2019
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is an inflammatory disease characterized by bilateral pain involving predominantly the shoulders and proximal aspects of the arms and less commonly the neck and the pelvic girdle. This review discusses briefly the main epidemiological data and clinical features of this condition. Especial attention is paid in the management
Ricardo Blanco, Noelia García-Castañeda, Diana Prieto-Peña, Dolores Martínez-Quintanilla, Miguel A. González-Gay, Miguel A. González-Gay, Santos Castañeda, Esther F. Vicente   +7 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Support available for and perceived priorities of people with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis: results of the PMRGCAuk members' survey 2017 [PDF]

, 2018
Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis are relatively common, but under research inflammatory rheumatological conditions. This survey aimed to ascertain the matters in which patients feel they need support with these conditions and appraise how ...
Busby, K, Gilbert, K, Hay, CA, Helliwell, T, Mallen, CD, Muller, SN, O'Brien, A, PMRGCAuk   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Maintenance of Remission After Tocilizumab Withdrawal in Patients With Glucocorticoid‐Dependent Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective The SEMAPHORE trial evaluated the efficacy and safety of tocilizumab (TCZ) treatment in patients with glucocorticoid (GC)‐dependent polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). TCZ reduced GC dose and disease activity at week 24. This study aimed to assess relapse rates after stopping TCZ treatment in patients achieving remission at week 24.
Baptiste Chevet, Aghiles Souki, Emmanuel Nowak, Guillermo Carvajal‐Alegria, Emmanuelle Dernis, Christophe Richez, Marie‐Elise Truchetet, Daniel Wendling, Eric Toussirot, Aleth Perdriger, Jacques‐Eric Gottenberg, Renaud Felten, Bruno Fautrel, Anne Lohse, Laurent Chiche, Pascal Hilliquin, Catherine Le Henaff, Benjamin Dervieux, Guillaume Direz, Isabelle Chary‐Valckenaere, Divi Cornec, Dewi Guellec, Thierry Marhadour, Alain Saraux, Valérie Devauchelle‐Pensec   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating on-line health information for patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: a descriptive study [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: The Internet is increasingly used to access health information, although the quality of information varies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the readability, and quality of websites about polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR).
Hider, S, Muller, S, Protheroe, J, Vivekanantham, A   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Efficacy and Safety of ABBV‐154 for the Treatment of Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Phase 2b, Randomized, Placebo‐Controlled Trial

Arthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.
Objective Despite availability of biologics and targeted synthetic disease‐modifying antirheumatic drugs (b/tsDMARDs) to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA), many patients do not experience optimized disease control. Glucocorticoids are effective but have safety risks.
Frank Buttgereit, Atul Singhal, Alan Kivitz, Edit Drescher, Yoshinori Taniguchi, Rosalía Martínez Pérez, Jaclyn Anderson, Ronilda D'Cunha, Weihan Zhao, Nicholas DeVogel, Julie Parmentier, Romy Christmann, Dilek Arikan, Howard Amital   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report

Case Reports in Medicine, 2010
We describe an unusual complication of a common disease: stroke presenting in a man recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica. Initial inflammatory markers were misleading. We discuss pitfalls in diagnosis, and approach to management.
S. McDermott, N. Casey, D. J. Robinson, K. M. Tan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Late‐Onset Spondylarthritis Presenting as Glucocorticoid‐Resistant Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A hitherto underappreciated entity where TNF or IL‐17 Blockade may have a Therapeutic Role

Arthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.
Background Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is an age‐related inflammatory disease with shoulder‐hip girdle involvement. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reveals extracapsular/entheseal soft tissue involvements in both PMR and spondyloarthritis (SpA) with sacroiliac joint and peri‐entheseal spinal bone marrow oedema (BMO) being characteristic of SpA ...
Kerem Abacar, Gabriele De Marco, Jake Weddell, Katya Meridor, Tom Macleod, Andrew Scarsbrook, Kulveer Mankia, Edward Vital, Andrew Barr, Colin Pease, Helena Marzo‐Ortega, Sarah L. Mackie, Dennis McGonagle   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Presentations of perforated colonic pathology in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: two case reports

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2010
Introduction Polymyalgia rheumatica is an increasingly common disease in older people, which gives rise to arthralgia and is mainly treated with corticosteroids.
de Silva Punyanganie, Pranesh Nagarajan, Vautier Guy   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A rare case of Whipple’s disease with endocarditis in a patient with dextrocardia

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2020
We report a case of an elderly Caucasian male with past medical history of dextrocardia with situs inversus totalis, polymyalgia rheumatica, history of cryptogenic stroke, and severe mitral regurgitation with mitral valve prolapse, who presented with ...
Abigayle Sullivan, Pragya Shrestha, Sijan Basnet, Ronald Herb, Emily Zagorski   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Giant Cell Arteritis among Fevers of Unknown Origin (FUO): An Atypical Presentation

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2021
Giant cell arteritis (GCA), or Horton’s arteritis, presenting solely as fever is very rare. Usually, it manifests with typical features such as visual problems, headache and jaw claudication, or it can be associated with polymyalgia rheumatica.
Lorenzo Grazioli Gauthier, Natalie Marcoli, Gianluca Vanini, Enos Bernasconi, Dea Degabriel   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source