Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis

American Family Physician

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Unwin, Brian ^a   Williams, Cynthia M ^a   Gilliland, William ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VITAMIN D;

BLINDNESS; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CLAUDICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JAW; LABORATORY TEST; ONSET AGE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RATING SCALE; REMISSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RIGIDITY; SHOULDER PAIN; TEMPORAL ARTERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; PREDNISONE; PROGNOSIS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 33750590056     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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