Failed trial in giant cell arteritis also published the same day ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis can overlap and resemble one another in diagnosis and disease ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Diagnosing giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica can “fascinate” and cause “trepidation” ...

Polymyalgia rheumatica is a common inflammatory disease characterized by pain and stiffness in the shoulders and hips. Glucocorticoids are the first-line treatment, but relapses and ...

We still do not know why there is vascular involvement in GCA as opposed to pure PMR. One of the major determinants of vascular involvement may be that CD4 + T cells do not secrete IFN-γ in PMR. DCs ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I was recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica after weeks of intense muscle pain. I’m a 67-year-old female in otherwise good health. My doctor prescribed prednisone, which ...

This week we are going to continue in our series of rheumatologic conditions to discuss the autoimmune condition called “PMR” or polymyalgia rheumatica. Polymyalgia rheumatica is a syndrome of pain ...

There are several diagnostic challenges in PMR. It is a heterogeneous disease and many features of PMR (pain, stiffness, systemic symptoms and peripheral arthritis ...