Polymyalgia rheumatica: Can the diagnosis be made in the presence of malignancy? [4]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1028-1030

  Martin, William G ^a   Potyk, Darryl K ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LETTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SOLID TUMOR; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

EID: 2942704059     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52277_7.x     Document Type: Letter

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