Diagnosing late onset rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, and temporal arteritis in patients presenting with polymyalgic symptoms. A prospective longterm evaluation

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1043-1046

  Pease, Colin T ^a,c   Haugeberg, Glenn ^a   Morgan, Ann W ^a   Montague, Bridget ^b   Hensor, Elizabeth M A ^a   Bhakta, Bipin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Outcome; Polymyalgia rheumatica; Prospective study; Rheumatoid arthritis; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20444496031     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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