Muscle Pathology in Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Histochemical and Immunohistochemical Study.
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Subclinical vasculitis in polymyalgia rheumatica.
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is an inflammatory condition of the aging population characterised by pain, stiVness, and symmetrical involvement of shoulder and pelvic girdles. It has been proposed that the primary site of disease may reside outside the synovial joint, 2 but its aetiopathogenesis remains ill understood. There is good indirect evidence that vasculitis is important in the pathogene...
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OBJECTIVE To examine the main clinical and laboratory data of patients initially diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), which then developed another conditions. MATERIAL AND METHODS We reviewed the clinical records of patients diagnosed with PMR in three hospitals in Argentina. Patients had a diagnosis of PMR if they met the following criteria: age ≥ 50 years, erythrocyte sedimentation ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Medicine
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0021-5120,1881-123X
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine1962.30.516