Management of Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica ...
1 Apr 2000 ... Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica are closely related disorders that affect persons more than 50 years of age and cause ...
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000401/2061.html...
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Questions and Answers About Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell ...
As with polymyalgia rheumatica, a diagnosis of giant cell arteritis ...
http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Polymyalgia/default.asp...
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Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis - November 1, 2006 ...
1 Nov 2006 ... Patient information: A handout on polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis, written by Jill Giordano, MSIV, University of Medicine ...
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20061101/1547.html...
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Polymyalgia Rheumatica: MedlinePlus
16 Sep 2009 ... Polymyalgia rheumatica sometimes occurs along with giant cell arteritis, a condition that causes swelling of the arteries in your head. ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/polymyalgiarheumatica.htm...
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THE MERCK MANUAL OF GERIATRICS, Ch. 53, Vasculitic Syndromes
Although giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica may occur separately, 40 to 60% of patients with giant cell arteritis have clinical features of ...
http://www.merck.com/mkgr/mmg/sec7/ch53/ch53a.jsp...
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Azathioprine in giant cell arteritis/polymyalgia rheumatica: a ...
The ability of azathioprine to reduce the maintenance prednisolone requirement of 31 patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) or giant cell arteritis ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3511861...
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Giant Cell Arteritis: Vasculitic Disorders: Merck Manual Home Edition
Polymyalgia rheumatica may occur with giant cell (temporal) arteritis. Some experts think that the two disorders are ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec05/ch069/ch069c.html...
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Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant-cell arteritis.
19 Jul 2008 ... Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant-cell arteritis are closely related disorders that affect people of middle age and older. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18640460...
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Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Vasculitis: Merck Manual Professional
A few patients with polymyalgia rheumatica develop giant cell arteritis, but 40 to 60% of patients with giant cell arteritis have polymyalgia rheumatica. ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec04/ch033/ch033i.html...
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Treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis. I ...
Thirty nine patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and 35 with giant cell arteritis (GCA) were treated with high or low dose steroid regimens in a ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1003842/...
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