The incidence and clinical characteristics of peripheral arthritis in polymyalgia rheumatica and temporal arteritis: A prospective study of 231 cases

Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 283-287

  Gran, J T ^a,b   Myklebust, G ^a  

^a Central Hospital of Aust Agder   (Norway)

^b Revmatologisk Avdeling   (Norway)

Author keywords

Peripheral arthritis; Polymyalgia rheumatica; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0034037833     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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