Survival in polymyalgia rheumatica and temporal arteritis: A study of 398 cases and matched population controls

Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1238-1242

  Gran, J T ^a,c   Myklebust, G ^b   Wilsgaard, T ^a   Jacobsen, B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Central Hospital of Aust Agder   (Norway)

^c Revmatologisk Avdeling   (Norway)

Author keywords

Mortality; Polymyalgia rheumatica; Survival; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG USE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0035179175     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/40.11.1238     Document Type: Article

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