Criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica. Tale without end

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 188-189

  Bird, Howard A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; GOUT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEROID THERAPY;

DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA;

EID: 39549091747     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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