Polymyalgia rheumatica

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9070, 1997, Pages 43-47

  Salvarani, Carlo ^a   Macchtoni, Pierluigi ^a   Boiardi, Lulgi ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0030926866     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)05001-0     Document Type: Review

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